blog.digg.com — We?re having our next virtual Digg Townhall this Thursday, February 26th at 5pm PT/8pm ET. As we?ve done in the past, we?ll be sharing out Digg updates and taking your questions, so please submit and Digg up the questions that you?d like us to answer. Jay and I will respond to the most popular ones live via webcast on the Townhall page. - Kevin
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gamebittkFeb 26, 2009
Wouldn't that mean his posts are cool?
saturncatFeb 27, 2009
Hmm, well-- as is usual w/ these public sites, there are many reasons people use 'em. And the best public sites support multiple usages, and are adaptive-- which is, I assume, the reason for this 'Townhall' thing in the 1st place. One person's reason isn't really any more valid than another's. For me, I use Digg primarily to 'store' links to articles I am interested in. I do save articles of interest to my hard drive, but I had a hd crash last year & lost a lot of stuff-- it happens to everyone eventually. Secondarily, I like to share articles I believe are interesting.I do understand & appreciate the way folks vote articles 'up & down' on Digg. But, I suspect that for me, at least, topics that the general public voted 'up' most often wouldn't be of the greatest interest to me. Like, articles re: Britney Spears, for instance.And I do agree w/ what you said on what criteria people should be judging articles on. But it seems, as I mentioned in a separate post, that the first-submitted version of an article is the one that Digg accepts as the submission, & it won't accept later versions, even if they are better-- have a graphic, etc.I was talking about the issue of, when one submits an article, choosing which topic to place it under. Digg does cluster articles by topic, so choosing the best topic when submitting would seem to be a valid concern. And surely, the responsibility for submitting things properly belongs primarily to the submitter. Submitting the same article numerous times to different topic areas (which I don't even think can be done) would seem to clog up the process. I've seen a lot of people complain about the submission of 'dupes'.It's the old 'splitter/lumper' issue. For myself, I have very little interest in Sports-- but there are about a dozen sub-topics under 'Sports': tennis, soccer, etc., which seems to me to be ridiculous. But I read a complaint/comment from a user who wanted even more Sports topics! But, I wouldn't, of course, presume to recommend limiting topics for sports enthusiasts. However, for Science, which I am very interested in, there are only 3 sub-topics: not nearly enuf-- for me. I'd like to see one on Geology, as I mentioned, for instance. So, I favor, as I mentioned, expanding certain Topic areas-- probably best done by pull-down menus. As far as I can gather, the set-up of Topics is done by Digg, rather than by users. I suggest that it be done by categories & sub-categories, like a library. That way, as I mentioned before, one could browse articles based on topic-- not just by popularity.
Closed AccountFeb 27, 2009
No, lol. I mean, "Why are you here [on digg]?" :)
saturncatFeb 27, 2009
Ah, but usually the 1st paragraph of an article-- the intro.-- does summarize the article-- i.e. describes it. Have only been on Digg a fairly short time, but when I've tried to submit articles, & found that someone else had already submitted something similar/same, I usually read through their 'description', &, thus far, it is always the same as the 1st paragraph of the article I'm trying to submit. So, they are presumably doing what I do: copy & paste the 1st paragraph of the article. I think this is best: otherwise, you run into problems: to describe something properly, one ends up having to fully understand, digest, interpret, & write it up well-- not something the general public can do, I fear. It's best left up to the writer of the article, IMO.
5756gretnaMar 7, 2009
What is it seven weeks now that our country has taken a nose dive with a trail of trillons of dollars scattered around in no certain order.The only meaningfull activities if you want to call them that are the exchanges between Rush and Barach Hussein Obama which seem like a side show in a two bit carnival circus.Oh yeah a new cabinet member has signed on and of course he owes back taxes too.Wjhat else is new?
exsailor49Mar 12, 2009
I hate all the stuff that is sent without my even expressing an interest in it. Isn't that abuse? Abuse of the www. I wish there were a way to fine the companies that sell info from ISP's. When a fisherman is caught fishing illegally they are fined and their equipment is confiscated. The creeps are fishing for our information and should face the same penalties.
striker101Apr 8, 2009
It's kinda like elections, one gets to vote by merely pressing a button, thinking is not required. Unfortunately, tho, elections count, while here on Digg it's just a frustrating exercise in futility.
diyatechApr 10, 2009
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