I've seriously been feeling addicted to Digg recently. I spend too much time and stay up too late browsing it, and I have a hard time stopping. I'm considering blocking it from my router to help quit cold turkey.What makes it so addictive? My best theory is that it basically always tells me what I want to hear. As long as you agree with other average diggers on what's cool/interesting/important, you never need to be exposed to different opinions or boring news. I imagine that if I had different political views, I'd watch Fox news just as much.The part the bothers me the most is that I spend so much time reading comments. Why on earth do I about what everyone else has to say? I haven't really gotten hooked on making comments yet, so maybe it's a bad idea to post this in case I get hooked on that too!Regardless of why it works, it works on me and it sucks.
bunniDec 26, 2006
Sign #1 - you bury this as a duplicate story.
flashboy131Dec 27, 2006
you reach the end of a 200+ comment thread. :-/
mapkinaseDec 27, 2006
Yeah, meeting analogous to AA meeting in the pub.
Closed AccountDec 29, 2006
some poor digger illustrates yet another sign. he makes a clay digg man, adds to flickr and posts on digg at <a class="user" href="http://www.digg.com/design/Clay_Digg_Man.">http://www.digg.com/design/Clay_Digg_Man.</a> And goes around with a handle with 'beg' in it. The lengths some will go to get noticed!
cookingrobotDec 31, 2006
I've seriously been feeling addicted to Digg recently. I spend too much time and stay up too late browsing it, and I have a hard time stopping. I'm considering blocking it from my router to help quit cold turkey.What makes it so addictive? My best theory is that it basically always tells me what I want to hear. As long as you agree with other average diggers on what's cool/interesting/important, you never need to be exposed to different opinions or boring news. I imagine that if I had different political views, I'd watch Fox news just as much.The part the bothers me the most is that I spend so much time reading comments. Why on earth do I about what everyone else has to say? I haven't really gotten hooked on making comments yet, so maybe it's a bad idea to post this in case I get hooked on that too!Regardless of why it works, it works on me and it sucks.
bigkittyJan 6, 2007
@amboy00,My name is BigKitty and I'm addicted to DIGG.@mapkinase,Exactly!
coreydoucoreyApr 22, 2007
Good. But my mom told me such addictive things don't worth my attention.