What is Digg?10 Comments
- AnotherDiggGuy, on 07/09/2008, -1/+14My main complaint with Digg is it's the same 20 people front paging the same 20 sites.
If everyone loves those 20 sites so damn much then just bookmark them and visit them on your own time. - ALyken, on 07/09/2008, -0/+7Never a truer word said.
- flavioribeiro, on 07/09/2008, -2/+9I keep reading complaints that Digg is focusing on political content.
At least some diggers realise that the FISA vote is more important than the new Call of Duty game. On sites like Slashdot it's essentially impossible to make a defense of civil liberties, because a dozen people come out to label you as a dissenter who hates America. - nelsonjs, on 07/09/2008, -7/+13Digg is broken: http://digg.com/people/An_Open_Letter_to_Kevin_Ros ...
- bluepill2, on 07/09/2008, -1/+5I -really- hope it doesnt turn out that digg has "Editors" choosing what makes it to the front page and what doesnt. Why? Because if I wanted editor-approved content I'd just go elsewhere: cracked.com for the jokes, techcrunch for the geek stuff, slate for the politics, etc. The "hook" of this place is that, supposedly, we the people are in control. If that underlying "contract" between digg and its users is compromised, or even if it just appears to be compromised... man, things will never be the same.
- inactive, on 07/09/2008, -1/+3Digg is totally screwy. I have seen the digg toll jump as much as thirty points when I choose to digg. Sometimes it only moves one notch but it is totally unpredictable. They have also made several unsuccessful attempts to shut me up in the past, have deleted my profile pic, etc. I am here because of the volume of people I can potentially reach from the comfort of my home. I have some mutual friends on digg that I enjoy corresponding with, but I cannot say I am pleased with the site.
- elhaf, on 07/09/2008, -0/+2The algorithm is much more complex than one account one vote, and for understandable reasons. Such a system would be easy to game in this one man many e-mail accounts world. Accounts which submit spam would quickly take over. So now we just have to all agree on what is spam. Is Ron Paul? Some users get tired of seeing it, and band together to bury it. They see it as their divine mandate. The system is still gamed, but in different ways.
- suziejones, on 07/09/2008, -1/+2Let the backlash begin.
- Beautyon, on 07/09/2008, -4/+1Digg is a PRIVATELY owned site, not a branch of government. They have no responsibility to anyone. They can do what they like, and you have to put up with it. They can lie, bury, delete, distort and do whatever they want. Everyone needs to grow up and stop bitching about Digg!
- Stwo, on 07/09/2008, -6/+1Why is this such a big deal to you nelson? Did mommy not love you? I dont get why you need to make such a big stink, or why you NEED to be on the front page. I like to think that myself, like most digg users, are here for the news and comments not for the fanfare of being able to say "I had a story on the front page of Digg today". Without Digg, it would be quite difficult to navigate through a lot of the crap out there posing as news, and I can rest assured that I will be communicating with like-minded people.
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