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- FSUCHEEF, on 02/06/2008, -5/+482I agree 2 years ago you could get a really interesting tech article about daily
- inactive, on 02/06/2008, -10/+385Digg is no longer a tech site!
- floyd427, on 02/06/2008, -10/+379I miss the old digg.
- GhostyBoy, on 02/06/2008, -9/+260I joined digg maybe 6 months ago, and I am not that good with technology. This news is dreadfully disappointing, however, because these articles are the root of the website. I wish to become more tech-savvy and I certainly don't want digg to become too popular.
Digg is only as good as it's user base, and as a low-tech dude I respect the value and intelligence of a tech-savvy user-base. As more and more idiots seems to be voting up stupid internet memes and email forwards I worry that if we lose these users this site will become worthless as a source of anything at all. - lillydreams, on 02/06/2008, -7/+152I couldn't agree more. Now everything is about Scientology and Ron Paul and from Cracked.
- SonicRush, on 02/06/2008, -1/+126Exactly. If I go on digg on another computer these days(where I don't have all the politial stuff unchecked) the front page is nothing but Fox News this, CIA that, Presidential Primaries, blah blah blah. And the interesting tech news gets 600 diggs and shuffled to the 2nd page. :(
- inactive, on 02/06/2008, -3/+122Slashdot has a good balance of interesting science articles, technology, political information, and overall better discussion. I come here for cheap laughs.
- imacommi, on 02/06/2008, -1/+102That's why I read /. too : )
- QuickeningYak, on 02/06/2008, -6/+100The tech articles have been supplanted with stories about the latest iWorthless iToy and which politicians you should have your iOn.
- inactive, on 02/06/2008, -29/+113I blame the influx of RonPaulSpammers (not all paul supporters mind you, but you know who I'm referring to), truthers, and adolescents over the year of 2007.
It's to bad digg can't run some sort of age verification measure, though. You'd sure see alot less spam, and maybe the discourse on digg would return to a level above "omg dont taze me bro lol" - xpose, on 02/06/2008, -3/+81tech stories have been replaced with complete garbage. I used to come to digg to learn new css tips, mysql cheetsheets, etc. Now I learn nothing coming from digg. In fact, its becoming just as pointless as myspace.com.
- Darkhacker, on 02/06/2008, -3/+79That's not really Digg's fault though. All content is submitted and dugg by the users. Just view upcoming stories and sort by most diggs. I think the problem is that nobody is looking in the upcoming stories section anymore. Hell, I found this story in the upcoming section.
- Error601, on 02/06/2008, -3/+75I think the brainless flame war repeats have really squeezed out a lot of the real content. I guess everything eventually degrades to the lowest common denominator.
- thatsmyaibo, on 02/06/2008, -1/+71All I know is I met Kevin while working with him at G4 when they moved to Los Angeles. At that time digg was nearly all mature conversations and tech stories...Talk about night and day. I miss the old digg.
- TheLoneWolf071, on 02/06/2008, -4/+68Digg has turn into more of a place for top 10 lists and funny pictures much rather then news or articals about technology. It's kinda sad
- FatLoser, on 02/06/2008, -4/+63Top 11 reasons Ron Paul will remain Anonymous!!!
- Dylson, on 02/06/2008, -9/+68ITS LIKE G4 ALL OVER AGAIN!!!!
- robbh66, on 02/06/2008, -1/+60P.S.
http://www.digg.com/users/GIMAD2008
About Me: "I Digg and comment on submissions more than I submit items, so please share some Digg "love" with me and Digg a couple of my favorites. I only shout about once per day. Send those shouts I Digg em all!"
At 1800+ diggs and 1000+ friends, all under two weeks, you are *everything* that is wrong with digg these days. - inactive, on 02/06/2008, -3/+61Its more of a general interest new site now with smart asses trying to get their comment up as high as they can to maximize diggs.
I blame myself. - jonohull, on 02/06/2008, -15/+59Can't people just look at the tech section?
- robbh66, on 02/06/2008, -4/+42"A 42 year-old male from Georgia (US) who joined Digg on January 25th, 2008"
Glad you're speaking from all of your (apparent) vast experience here. - masterm1nd, on 02/06/2008, -4/+41Are you wearing an actual tinfoil hat in your photo?
- iofthestorm, on 02/06/2008, -0/+37Yeah, slashdot overall has much better articles and discussions. I wish digg would add one slashdot feature that could slightly alleviate this problem: being able to weight topics instead of simply choosing which topics to see and not see. I don't mind seeing politics, random images and even Apple stuff, but I'd prefer more PC/hardware/tech/gaming stuff personally, and the content is definitely there, we just need weightings to make digg more customizable to our own tastes.
- Bilabrin, on 02/06/2008, -2/+36Yeah, there's this little site called Slashdot:
www.slashdot.com
Frankly, I never read a tech story on Digg that I didn't see there first. - spudnic, on 02/06/2008, -3/+34There is.
- inactive, on 02/06/2008, -9/+37True but the mix of tech, science and politics keeps someone like me in touch with current news as whole.
- SovereignGFC, on 02/06/2008, -9/+37Political spam has ruined the site. There should be a mechanism for "Filter all political news from front page." Regardless of whether you feel that Digg is being spammed by Obama supporters, Paul supporters or both, there should be a "NO POLITICS ON MY FRONT PAGE" switch.
- NightVortez, on 02/06/2008, -5/+32Welcome to two months ago, there is more Obama spam than Paul spam now.
- sgtpppr, on 02/06/2008, -0/+27There has been a much bigger influx of new users recently though. The comments are very different than they used to be. Maybe it's just me, but this place used to feel real similar to slashdot, but these days it feels more and more like scenesters and high school kids are just piling in. A lot of it is probably due to the huge amount of entertainment and 'top 10 lists' making the front page and getting send around in emails during the day. These people then join digg and continue pushing stories like that to the top.
RealStory, DoubleViking, and Cracked.com make up like 30% of total stories here (yep, totally made that number up). This place is becoming the E! of social news sites. - sgtpppr, on 02/06/2008, -0/+22The ironic thing is me (and many others) thought slashdot would be destroyed by digg simply because slashdot wasn't trying to keep up with all the trends in meta news. I'd rather have 12 really good articles a day with good conversation than 60 articles where only 2% of them are readable followed by conversations plagued with trolls and those with an IQ just above a lemon.
The WORST thing is what all of this says about the masses choosing content. Compare the content of slashdot versus digg these days. I would think the digg community is overall much more intelligent than the population in general and these are the stories that are chosen? Can you imagine if the American public voted on what would be shown on tv similar to digg? I'd bet it'd be 95% porno and 5% American Gladiators. It makes you wonder what would happen if they removed all the filters from digg (anti-porn, racist, etc..).
How many front page items are even news? - Purin, on 02/06/2008, -1/+23I suppose this proves that less and less tech-savvy people actually read Digg.
- Tweekster, on 02/06/2008, -0/+22if you are using this as a primary source of "news" i feel incredibly sorry for you. what a distorted view of reality digg provides.
- Garfunkel, on 02/06/2008, -13/+34Looks like people are finally realizing that hundred of Steve Jobs and Apple 'open letters' and 'history' articles and 'OMG IPHONE!' stories each day are bad for digg.
Evolution is a strange thing indeed. - jamesey, on 02/06/2008, -11/+32hey guys! did you hear hilary farted and obama gained 1% in idaho!!! digg it now!!!
- krystalo, on 02/06/2008, -3/+22Solution: http://www.digg.com/tech_news/Digg_Needs_a_Non_New ...
- tedjar, on 02/06/2008, -3/+22I agree too much politics and "WHEEE OMFGHX LOOK I FOUND THIS THING" crap. There is no more news with substance, nothing to learn anymore on Digg. Where has the intelligence gone?!?!!
- Loie, on 02/06/2008, -1/+19yes, slashdot is back as a daily reader for me. used to be that digg got all the stories quicker, now /. has some unique stuff too
- JoeHammer, on 02/06/2008, -4/+22Figured out why Digg is sucking lately...
Breaking News: G4 Buys Digg.com!! - mhnatt, on 02/06/2008, -6/+22Typical Digg profile in 2007/2008:
1) Under 21
2) Spends a great deal of time with Halo instead of investing into useful trades that will profit him later in life.
3) Whines about people who have more 'stuff' and belives communisum is his only hope to have stuff since he cannot make his own way in the world.
4) Has limited vocabulary with primary terms like "douchebag" and mixtures of profanity.
5) Hates America
6) Hates Bush
7) Hates religion
8) Hates republicans
9) Hates conservatives
10) Hates...well....just about anyone who disagrees with him - inactive, on 02/06/2008, -2/+18Its pretty clear to anyone who has been using digg for a while that its become a political propaganda site for various groups to spread their "messages". And it sucks *****. Stuff from Rawstory and Thinkprogress are just as bad as all the Rontard spam "OMGZ BUSH IS THE DEVIL" stories we get by the dozens each day.
Digg would be much better off it went back to what it used to be, a tech news site with a few other interesting things thrown in here and there. - DinosWillDie13, on 02/06/2008, -1/+17Muchas gracias. I am on my way.
- cheez124, on 02/06/2008, -11/+26Ron paul, is water-boarding scientolgists!
- inactive, on 02/06/2008, -4/+19Beyond just Ron Paul, I think in general there is way too much inaccurate, sensationalist stuff thrown on the front page of Digg. The readership has become a lot of tinfoil hat lunatics.
- airj1012, on 02/06/2008, -1/+16I disagree. As stated above in another comment for this story - "Digg is only as good as it's user base". I feel as the more popular this site because the less appeal it has to me. New users are more or less taking over and criticizing the old Digg techniques and processes that made this site so popular and liked. It's almost as if the website is getting away from its core ideas and the reason it was created in the first place. I too miss the old Digg.
- joegibes, on 02/06/2008, -10/+24http://digg.com/news/technology
- D3koy, on 02/06/2008, -2/+16I think once the elections finish up a lot of that spam will go away, and the tech will be reborn...or not, and I'll have to get my news elsewhere... :( Someone should buy Olddigg.com and set it up the way it used to be...I'd turn off ad block, just for you...
- Kautylia, on 02/06/2008, -4/+18It's just an Obama fan site now.
- skin, on 02/06/2008, -0/+14My Profile > Settings > Customize Topics > Filter Topics
- Bamborzled, on 02/06/2008, -1/+15What's the use for that when the section contains such a small amount of stories, there isn't even a top 10 stories list on the sidebar?
- CoolWind, on 02/06/2008, -1/+14I agree that there aren't enough tech articles.
Digg is for digg gamers. Rah rah Obama. Rah rah Ron Paul. Hate Hillary. Hate Scientology. Hate the Bush administration. Hate the RIAA and the MPAA.
Tech articles don't make it because most of them aren't new enough, and no one's gaming them. Duplicate articles are great for people who haven't seen them before, or for people like me who may have forgotten about them, but they probably get buried by the cognoscenti. -
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