blogs.zdnet.com — After I received an email from Kendall of The Wharton School I looked at the new services on Digg Labs. He described them as offering a glimpse at the possibilities to deliver a real-time experience to the web. As I look at both stack and swarm I think he's right. it could be a very big 1st step in the evolution of how we interact on the web.
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Closed AccountJul 29, 2006
It's pretty much useless to be honest. Great fun for 5 minutes, haven't gone back since.Who really has time to track what stories are being dugg, who's making comments, who's viewing what. There are things like job and life. Check digg, check front page, click a few links that look interesting, then leave. Who really has 2-3 hours to watch a visual version of digg? It's terribly boring.
alej744Jul 29, 2006
but hot laptops are awesome, they're warm and cozyYou can't argue with that
chasin_fat_kidsJul 29, 2006
I agree w/ you there. Digg is not the most accessible site out there (e.g. you can't submit a story w/o using the image verification code). Are there accessibility standards for websites?
angler8890Jul 29, 2006
Just digg on....<a class="user" href="http://www.ggag.info/sitemap.htm">http://www.ggag.info/sitemap.htm</a>
jazrockJul 29, 2006
For users swarm and stack don't have much value (other than the cool toy factor), but what could researchers or marketing companies do with this information. Imagine seeing how a company is Dugg... or a product... or a politician... there is value in this data for the right people. Very, very interesting. It will be fun to watch where Jay and Kevin take this going forward.
jameandJul 30, 2006
I think Digg stack and swarm could have very cool uses in the Wall street type world as well as on closed government systems for collaborating on intelligence, security, or crisis management issues. Not that you have diggs per say, but apply it to visually correlate databases of information and their analysis. Great job Digg!!!
wspenceAug 20, 2006
The article is exactly right it doesn't have much use for the individual digger. However, it shows how a site can see what appeals to their users in real-time. That's pretty frickin' powerful and amazing as hell. You have to give it to the guys. This is a great project and it should continue to blossom.