kottke.org— A good comparison and objective view of the effect of the two, showing that things aren't entirely as they seem.
Jan 12, 2006View in Crawl 4
You know that slashdot will pick this up as well, giving Kottke another chance to compare the influences of each site. Which he will then probably post about again, which will be dugg and slashdotted again... sounds like the beginnings of a neverending loop...
I found this interesting. But, I think it is a plus for Digg. Digg stories rotate faster so there is something fresh almost every time I hit the front page. Slashdot stories stay on their front page longer and generate more traffic with stories that grow staler and staler. I like /. and Digg very much... but, I'm hitting Digg far more often because the front page updates more frequently than /. (My 2 cents...)
Digg breaks news much faster than Slashdot bottom line. What's more is that you can filter Digg's firehose effect. 95% of my Digg usage comes from subscribing to a wide range of RSS search feeds for specific terms that I'm interested in and follow from Digg. I'll spend maybe 5% of my Digg time with Digg Spy for queued stories and front page stories, but the RSS search feeds provide the fatest breaking most high quality news stories over any comparable service. Forget about the traffic for a second, as a user Digg is a much more effective service.
ryanguillJan 12, 2006Submitter
You know that slashdot will pick this up as well, giving Kottke another chance to compare the influences of each site. Which he will then probably post about again, which will be dugg and slashdotted again... sounds like the beginnings of a neverending loop...
slimerJan 12, 2006
^^lame
rekraptJan 12, 2006
I found this interesting. But, I think it is a plus for Digg. Digg stories rotate faster so there is something fresh almost every time I hit the front page. Slashdot stories stay on their front page longer and generate more traffic with stories that grow staler and staler. I like /. and Digg very much... but, I'm hitting Digg far more often because the front page updates more frequently than /. (My 2 cents...)
thomashawkJan 12, 2006
Digg breaks news much faster than Slashdot bottom line. What's more is that you can filter Digg's firehose effect. 95% of my Digg usage comes from subscribing to a wide range of RSS search feeds for specific terms that I'm interested in and follow from Digg. I'll spend maybe 5% of my Digg time with Digg Spy for queued stories and front page stories, but the RSS search feeds provide the fatest breaking most high quality news stories over any comparable service. Forget about the traffic for a second, as a user Digg is a much more effective service.