news.cnet.com — The most major one being that the company has let up on its use for commercial applications, meaning that developers will be able to create services that take advantage of Digg's content and community without first having to ask for permission from the company. This includes pulling in content from the service and either charging to do so, or ...
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opiticaJun 17, 2009
you know you dont HAVE to use this site.
domthedude001Jun 17, 2009
You're doing it wrong.
Closed AccountJun 17, 2009
The problem is that the API doesn't allow user authentication, only reading stories that are already available. An iPhone app would have to be something Digg does, or at least open up their API so it can interact with the site like every other service.The only problem I foresee, and I imagine the developers do as well: bots. An API would make botting Digg trivial, as you could easily script it.
Closed AccountJun 17, 2009
I don't know about the crashing and burning part, but you actually have a point.Investors are probably going to be far less likely to wait much longer on Digg because they ARE so unprofessional with the money they have already been given. Not to mention how ridiculously inefficiently Digg is with both staff and servers. They probably have 40-50% more of both than they need.
Closed AccountJun 17, 2009
The ability to allow story digging should have been there since the beginning...
covertbadgerJun 17, 2009
<a class="user" href="http://digg.com/login">http://digg.com/login</a>Seems digg are determined to make every stupid decision possible to irritate users for no good reason, but fortunately the old page is still there.