bp0.blogger.com— It should be interesting to see the response from the Digg community now that rank has been almost entirely eliminated. What's next, remove the "News & Videos Made Popular"?
Feb 5, 2007View in Crawl 4
@jayadelson: My list never used the rank information from the user profiles, so removing it does nothing to change its accuracy. It will continue to be updated twice per day.And yes, I work for Netscape. And no, it is not relevant to this discussion. I've been a member at Digg longer than I've worked for Netscape, and I would have done this even if I had never been hired by Netscape and was still working for myself.
How to abuse a userbase for fun and profit 101:by Gay Adelson1. Find a group of pathetic fools who think they are part of a "community" of people seeking out interesting stories online to share with other users.2. Encourage them to participate by including various community aspects such as top 100 users, profile views, comment counts etc3. Bring up issues of "gaming" the system as critical mass of registered users is achieved to be used at a later date.4. Rake in huge adsense revenue.5. Remove all community aspects of system over a 6 month period. Use believable bulls**t like "tweaking algorithm", "we must stop gaming", "Top users cannot be trusted!"6. I dont care enough to continue... digg stopped being cool about 6 months ago.
mobilitatisFeb 5, 2007
Great Now just left that Everyone will be "equal" on Digg and no just a few top users.
cfinkeFeb 5, 2007
@jayadelson: My list never used the rank information from the user profiles, so removing it does nothing to change its accuracy. It will continue to be updated twice per day.And yes, I work for Netscape. And no, it is not relevant to this discussion. I've been a member at Digg longer than I've worked for Netscape, and I would have done this even if I had never been hired by Netscape and was still working for myself.
Closed AccountFeb 5, 2007
Man, now I feel like when they cancelled the school trip and didn't tell me about it.
defectdsFeb 5, 2007
AH. The comments design just got somewhat ugly!
dunezoneFeb 5, 2007
I want my god damn profile view count back.
elebrioFeb 5, 2007
How to abuse a userbase for fun and profit 101:by Gay Adelson1. Find a group of pathetic fools who think they are part of a "community" of people seeking out interesting stories online to share with other users.2. Encourage them to participate by including various community aspects such as top 100 users, profile views, comment counts etc3. Bring up issues of "gaming" the system as critical mass of registered users is achieved to be used at a later date.4. Rake in huge adsense revenue.5. Remove all community aspects of system over a 6 month period. Use believable bulls**t like "tweaking algorithm", "we must stop gaming", "Top users cannot be trusted!"6. I dont care enough to continue... digg stopped being cool about 6 months ago.
richstylesFeb 5, 2007
Lets strip out usernames, avatars, and submission history. I don't think they add any value whatsoever.
jayscottgoldFeb 7, 2007
The elements that make digg a great site are slowly being stripped away...while each of these changes may seem minor, they do add up