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Aug 4, 2006View in Crawl 4
It's a neat idea, but I wonder if the author is ready for the masses?Digg has the power to crush sites it links to, and therefore by implication must have some pretty potent server/bandwidth usage.DiggFilter is effectively a front end over Digg; and thus must expect a certain % of Digg's traffic.It will be interesting to see how it copes with this.From a legal standpoint, I think its fine - so long as they reference Digg as the source (a site referencing a meta-source site as a source?! my head spins...)From a technical perspective, DiggFilter could get around this by going low-tech. All the feeds could be "pre-baked" (turned into static HTML from the database every 15 minutes or so); so the site is effectively static, massively reducing load & therefore increasing the number of hits it can handle.It depends whether the author is in for money or for love. If its money, those bandwidth bills could quickly crush any adbased revenue.Or, maybe the author will go the Web 2.0 route and use an API.This could be quite interesting, and it would effectively make DiggFilter a middle layer.A website (e.g. a Dell fanboy site, if such a thing exists...) could create a Dell-orientated feed over Digg. They could then incorporate this feed on their own website; taking the load off DiggFiltr (updating every 15 minutes or so).It could even be used to draw an income: DiggFiltr could embed minimal text-adverts into the RSS stream that other sites show.
There will be no site overflow IMHO.The "Digg Effect" occurs when a story reaches the top (See the "Digg Swarm" pattern ?)This site will be a good specimen for study though, as it may break once or twice each time its story "make its way" here.Then it'll be back online and well.As Digg users will use it "asynchronously" ;-)
telltheroosterAug 4, 2006
Like the "OR" boolean operator?
blitzkunAug 4, 2006
Great idea, but please, enough with the vowel deductions...
saolsaslAug 4, 2006
great service, I also like <a class="user" href="http://www.diggview.com">http://www.diggview.com</a>
mskaduAug 4, 2006
I just got a :500 - Internal Server Error
andymitchellAug 4, 2006
It's a neat idea, but I wonder if the author is ready for the masses?Digg has the power to crush sites it links to, and therefore by implication must have some pretty potent server/bandwidth usage.DiggFilter is effectively a front end over Digg; and thus must expect a certain % of Digg's traffic.It will be interesting to see how it copes with this.From a legal standpoint, I think its fine - so long as they reference Digg as the source (a site referencing a meta-source site as a source?! my head spins...)From a technical perspective, DiggFilter could get around this by going low-tech. All the feeds could be "pre-baked" (turned into static HTML from the database every 15 minutes or so); so the site is effectively static, massively reducing load & therefore increasing the number of hits it can handle.It depends whether the author is in for money or for love. If its money, those bandwidth bills could quickly crush any adbased revenue.Or, maybe the author will go the Web 2.0 route and use an API.This could be quite interesting, and it would effectively make DiggFilter a middle layer.A website (e.g. a Dell fanboy site, if such a thing exists...) could create a Dell-orientated feed over Digg. They could then incorporate this feed on their own website; taking the load off DiggFiltr (updating every 15 minutes or so).It could even be used to draw an income: DiggFiltr could embed minimal text-adverts into the RSS stream that other sites show.
yorennAug 4, 2006
There will be no site overflow IMHO.The "Digg Effect" occurs when a story reaches the top (See the "Digg Swarm" pattern ?)This site will be a good specimen for study though, as it may break once or twice each time its story "make its way" here.Then it'll be back online and well.As Digg users will use it "asynchronously" ;-)
scott1Aug 4, 2006
digg needs a new topic:Digg.
torontoDec 4, 2006
is there anything else out there like this because it doesn't seem to be working for me
youtoolJun 30, 2007
I try that! Vote.. hmm
icefreezJul 9, 2007
Didn't work
svartlingSep 7, 2007
This site doesn't work anymore. I've just created a feed that doesn't work.