downloadsquad.com — Jason Clarke gives his view on digg and the whole social bookmarking scene in this article. "how valuable is digg traffic, really, and is the digg community one that we should even care about? Unfortunately, after observing the digg community for about a year, I'd have to conclude no, it's not"...
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emerDec 11, 2006
Definitely has a point on the anti-Microsoft sentiment. It seems encouraged as there is a lot of Microsoft content on digg however there is no Microsoft category. And ofcourse there is an Apple category.Doesn't sound very democratic in this light....
djasmithDec 11, 2006
Interesting article.I've been a member of Digg for some time now but have never commented on any articles.I have always considered Digg a worthy resource for aggregated news.But it somewhat annoys me how user comments appear to have moved away from discussion relating to the dugg site and to more of a soapbox stance my Dads better than your Dad scene.I maybe a bit of an oddity here but as a result I rarely trawl through the comments nowadays.If the article headline and brief synopsis interest me I will view the article; and I may read the first comment to get a feel from the first posters point of view . . .I hope Digg and the team manage to overcome some of the more egotistical members of Digg and grow to greater better things.Thank you for the opportunity to comment here :)
bohemicusDec 11, 2006
I am a little surprised by the comments on this post. They certainly don't live up to the supposed anger of Digg users. Frankly, I'm a bit of a leech on Digg - I use it as a source of news - almost never comment and rarely remember to go back to digg a story I like. As a result I don't tend to read comments on Digg, mostly because I prefer the expertise of the users of the site I'm on. But when I do go to read comments on Digg - mostly with posts about social websites on which Digg users are expert - I usually find a reasonable balance of thoughtful commentary and venting. I do get the feeling that Digg presents fewer important stories (I only get the tech feed) than it used to but it could also be that I have become a bit more sophisticated about tech news in the last year and a half since I started using Digg. So overall I wish Digg good luck and want to thank the community that puts in all the hard time for my benefit.
mrviklundDec 12, 2006
If we all did that we wouldn't see any comments at all...
mrviklundDec 12, 2006
Well said.
varrusDec 13, 2006
Hi Doozee - This submission has over 240 diggs, and yet if you choose to look at upcoming submissions by greatest number of diggs, the highest you'll see there at any given time is between 40 - 60; that's because at that point the post gets promoted to the main page, and isn't part of the upcoming submissions. This one never got promoted, and doesn't show up in the list. It got buried.
bigkittyDec 13, 2006
A lot of times, the dugg site doesn't allow comments from the public at all, or doesn't allow them unless you register and/or subscribe to something.
mistressroninsDec 14, 2006
@ImpactedColonThank you for posting your comment because it was profound and very refreshing. This is the kind of commenting I look forward to on Digg, the kind that keeps me coming back in spite of the recent discouragement that I have had with the ill sentiment of many people's comments on various articles. What you said about your experience with the James Kim articles is similar to what I felt at the time and it was my first real negative experience with the moderation and policing policies on Digg.com. I had a deeply emotional connection to the evolving story and to see the futility of comments like that , understanding that I could only digg down or block what was disturbing while others continued to offer positive votes for those same useless comments, it really effected my opinion of digg as a whole community. -That being said, it was also my first real experience with the incredible amount of thoughtful, mature and caring digg users who commented- resulting in what seemed to me, the extreme of both good and bad sides of this site. I think that the majority of users here reflect that positive aspect and I still think there is a chance to reclaim what the site was intended for, I have chosen to stick around and see what happens.MRS
duckyincNov 25, 2007
And the fact that all comments have being removed proved that digg has no place for free speech.
superdelenNov 29, 2007
Of course it isn't, but if you want news you don't care about or heard about already; Digg is the place for you.
trentwDec 2, 2007
Microsoft sux!
marphtwoJul 23, 2008
I totally agree with this! Ive seen so many good new topics and comments buried because it didnt agree with the mainstream (myself included)I didnt think people at Digg would agree with this!