technology.guardian.co.uk— Commentator Jeff Jarvis has an upbeat take on what Digg is bringing to journalism. " In him [Kevin Rose], we see the media industry of the future."
Feb 27, 2006View in Crawl 4
"The flaw of populist news sites like digg is that the least popular stories won't make it to the front. Stories about the US Military s**tting on Arab Corpses in a prison in a nation they invaded illegally doesn't go down well for most people, so they won't digg it."Is that really a fair statement? Digg doesn't have a World News or Politics section, so the chances of seeing stories like this are slim to none. I think if you were to create a DiggNews site (as opposed to DiggTech) you would draw a different type of crowd to it and, yes, you would see stories like that reach the front page. Do I think a World News section of the main digg site would actually work? Doubtful. But I don't think that's because people don't care, it's just that the majority of the user base here seems too young to really have an appreciation of what's going on outside of their immediate area of interest. I do think that sites like Digg will eventually become the new media. The main problem with the old media is that it is all owned by corporations that are tied into the political machine. They basically report what they are told to. Whereas under the digg ideal, a independent journalist can post a story to his or her blog and once it makes it out to user controlled sites like this, people will read it and the truth will be known. Mind you I don't think this is going to happen overnight, but sites like this are the start of a big change in media as we know it. In 10 years time I really believe people will come here to places like Digg, not CNN for their news.
Digg, while nice, is not journalism. IMHO.Journalism has professional standards. Compare PBS news to Fox "news" and you will understand what I mean.Digg is a fancy forum for readers to exchange ideas. There's little to no fact checking. In fact, many "articles" posted on Digg have turned out to be false./not a slight on Digg, but rather a realization of the truth
Coming from the world of Tech PR and "natural born geekdom," I witnessed the torch dropping of unbiased journalism long ago. While it languished, all that was needed was a vehicle to pick it up and continue the march. I welcome Digg the new torch bearer and all the capable reporters of the world that strive to contribute not because its a job, but because its a passion to know and share.
@ stimcapscalling Jarvis a hack is a little rough, but I agree that digg is not journalism....it is yet another meta blog better than any one person or small set of people working in a collaborative fashion could possibly publish. Digg feeds compulsive consumption, not reflective thought or development. It serves a purpose, but its just a website people, be realistic. Keep in mind how digg really got going: "c-d" level celebrity status of Kevin Rose + professional redesign by mozilla UI guy (kevin has high profile friends) + a good idea (that wasn't necessarily original, but might have been, only Kevin and his friends know) + a clever domain name ...did I forget anything? Constant plugging by Leo? piggybacking of the slashdot crowd?
jersey_steveFeb 28, 2006
"The flaw of populist news sites like digg is that the least popular stories won't make it to the front. Stories about the US Military s**tting on Arab Corpses in a prison in a nation they invaded illegally doesn't go down well for most people, so they won't digg it."Is that really a fair statement? Digg doesn't have a World News or Politics section, so the chances of seeing stories like this are slim to none. I think if you were to create a DiggNews site (as opposed to DiggTech) you would draw a different type of crowd to it and, yes, you would see stories like that reach the front page. Do I think a World News section of the main digg site would actually work? Doubtful. But I don't think that's because people don't care, it's just that the majority of the user base here seems too young to really have an appreciation of what's going on outside of their immediate area of interest. I do think that sites like Digg will eventually become the new media. The main problem with the old media is that it is all owned by corporations that are tied into the political machine. They basically report what they are told to. Whereas under the digg ideal, a independent journalist can post a story to his or her blog and once it makes it out to user controlled sites like this, people will read it and the truth will be known. Mind you I don't think this is going to happen overnight, but sites like this are the start of a big change in media as we know it. In 10 years time I really believe people will come here to places like Digg, not CNN for their news.
Closed AccountFeb 28, 2006
Digg, while nice, is not journalism. IMHO.Journalism has professional standards. Compare PBS news to Fox "news" and you will understand what I mean.Digg is a fancy forum for readers to exchange ideas. There's little to no fact checking. In fact, many "articles" posted on Digg have turned out to be false./not a slight on Digg, but rather a realization of the truth
ricdesanFeb 28, 2006
Coming from the world of Tech PR and "natural born geekdom," I witnessed the torch dropping of unbiased journalism long ago. While it languished, all that was needed was a vehicle to pick it up and continue the march. I welcome Digg the new torch bearer and all the capable reporters of the world that strive to contribute not because its a job, but because its a passion to know and share.
robustezaFeb 28, 2006
14, huh?that may make me think twice before i make jackass comments. never occurred to me that kids could be lurking.
Closed AccountMar 1, 2006
@ stimcapscalling Jarvis a hack is a little rough, but I agree that digg is not journalism....it is yet another meta blog better than any one person or small set of people working in a collaborative fashion could possibly publish. Digg feeds compulsive consumption, not reflective thought or development. It serves a purpose, but its just a website people, be realistic. Keep in mind how digg really got going: "c-d" level celebrity status of Kevin Rose + professional redesign by mozilla UI guy (kevin has high profile friends) + a good idea (that wasn't necessarily original, but might have been, only Kevin and his friends know) + a clever domain name ...did I forget anything? Constant plugging by Leo? piggybacking of the slashdot crowd?