blogs.zdnet.com — Digg reportedly attracted 8.5 million visitors in May, but only has 304,000 registered users, submitting, on average, about 2000 stories a day. The Social Web that is purported to be harnessing a ?collective wisdom? of millions, is merely reflecting the opinions of a small number of self-selected active contributors...
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kazzydJun 23, 2006Submitter
We're not talking everyone; we're talking less than 4 percent vote on both uninteresting and interesting articles...
Closed AccountJun 23, 2006
youre just missing the whole point. 96% of people don't WANT to contribute. so what? what the hell makes people who register at digg "elite"? you see all these little "slips" in your wording exposes your real point. you want people to think digg is some revolutionary social change. while it may be revolutionary in application, it is a NEWS SITE. its not turning into anything. its just getting more publicity and more casual users. stop being a little hippie blaming "the man" as if digg is some kind of commune.and as to your ignorant comment about the "age old" problem of elitism- people choose not to work for a strict democracy. people are lazy. utopia exists in one place- books. if you think you're helping by giving exposure to thoughtless critiques like this, why don't you go protest at dead soldier's funerals. it's all just words, when it comes down to it, the only people listening are people stupid like me who just want to yell at you.
therealdealJun 24, 2006
Post of the year. Dugg.
widescreenJun 24, 2006
I would venture to say that many of those sessions aren't actually freeloaders, but unsigned in users. Because of the whole www.digg.com vs digg.com being two separate sessions (and cookies), I often browse without being logged in and then login when I want to digg, report or comment.
psykusJun 24, 2006
"However, if you want a small number of better quality stories: go the traditional staff "slashdot" way."For quality stories though, just don't actually go to Slashdot..
larzhunterJun 24, 2006
This article doesn't matter. Successful sites will always have more anonymous traffic than actual contributors or members. I know six or seven people where I work that read Digg daily, but have never registered. They aren't lazy, they simply have no time to contribute, so see no benefit in registering.
wirjoJun 24, 2006
~8 million visitors but only ~300,000 users.That's only around 4%.It'd be great if more people registered and start digging.
dougkentJun 24, 2006
Thanks for making me feel better. Out of pure guilt, I finally took the time to register. Considering I read 20-30 articles a day, I'm a serious freeloader. Time to contribute.
Closed AccountJun 24, 2006
I don't think any webmaster would be at all surprised about these numbers. And what is so bad about these "freeloaders"? :s