What is Digg?40 Comments
- merle2, on 10/12/2007, -1/+24Newspapers in print may become obsolete some day (in the far future) but newspapers will always exist in some form, New York Times included. Who else is going to professionally report the news? Bloggers?
- baxtermaddux, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15"Newspapers will eventually become obsolete."
yeah. maybe the newsprint product you hold in your hands, but the companies that produce the news are not going anywhere. i am not going to be reading any news articles written by "joe schmoe's news agency" - stevesearer, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11I think you forgot that digg aggregates what the digg community finds interesting. If you are unhappy, bury as lame and move on.
- DyDx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9You're ***** stupid.
I mainly take point with your "and ***** all their plagerizing reporters."
Do you realize that a good 90-95% of US news is taken straight from "Press Releases" that are written by _the group that the "news" concerns_? So the next time you read a "news" article about the President or anyone in Washington DC, unless you are reading it in The Washington Post, The Wallstreet Journal, or THE NEW YORK TIMES (there may be a few others this applies to), you are essentially reading a press release. It MAY have been slightly edited by the "reporter" or "editor." But that is it.
The New York Times is one of very few news agencies that actually collects their own news (most of the time) and doesn't just regurgitate what they are told. So ***** you if you don't think real reporting is good enough for you. Maybe there is bias, but there is bias in everything -- at least their bias is concerned with something REAL and not fabricated by public relation professionals. - nletourneau, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9It's a big deal because a major news source, and large corporation is embracing new ways of getting readership and is trying to evolve along side technology instead of fighting it.
Someone there is forward thinking. - LeFrenzy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6While Digg is mainly focused on linking people to URLs, Newsvine has a different focus. It gathers original content from its users. It's more of a "Citizen-Journalism" type of world, while still having the AP Wire. www.newsvine.com
Once again, Digg and Newsvine have completely different focuses. - RonaldLewis, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Newsvine's community is a lot more mature than digg's. I can assure you that.
- OBKenobi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Newspapers will still be around. They might not be the best source for up to the minute news, but they are still the most comfortable way to read the news. Printed books won't disappear for the same reason. Comfort and convenience.
As for the NYT, when are they going to get out of the dark ages and stop the login requirement nonsense? - stevesearer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Facebook has a share feature that allows users to easily share noteworthy links, videos, pictures among other things with friends.
- smroge, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4This is huge for Digg. To have the largest newspaper (correct me if I am wrong) adopt your news technology is quite the coup. It should really help the site expand outside of a Tech niche site. However, one of the greatest things about digg are the little stories that wouldn't get attention elsewhere. If the NYTimes is reporting it, I wouldn't be surprised if other major outlets are too, and digg potentially could just become the merged NYT, Washington Post, etc.
- 40bslove, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4We still filter out the junk, so this does not kill digg, it just means more content from them
- pingveno, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4"Newspapers will eventually become obsolete."
Don't hold your breath. While print newspapers are challenged by competition with online news sources and blogs, they still hold an important place. I personally enjoy reading the New York Times with breakfast because it can be read without needing to stare at a computer screen. Spilling a little bit of eggs on the Times doesn't hurt it, unlike a laptop. I can also read print sources fast than a computer screen. Until something else can do all of these things, the New York Times will keep its place on my breakfast table. - MagicBobert, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7"Who else is going to professionally report the news? Bloggers?"
That's funny, because I often find that certain bloggers do a much more accurate and unbiased job of reporting the news than most big newspapers and TV news networks. - OBKenobi, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4But does it mean we'll have to login to the NYT to see it?
- kremvax, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"That's funny, because I often find that certain bloggers do a much more accurate and unbiased job of reporting the news than most big newspapers and TV news networks."
Right there are a handful of readable blogs, the best of them are reviews of consumer toys, or partisan analysis of empty domestic political hackery. But 9999 / 10000 blogs are abject crap.
But how many bloggers are there reporting on the genocide in darfur? (not reporting on news coverage of darfur, but actually in darfur...)
Likewise in Tikrit? Or Chechnya?
You need money, support, and discipline to consistently cover the real trouble in the world. The BBC has that, and does a decent job. NYTimes, likewise. CNN, well, at least that shoot nice video...
Most other news outlets just rehash the coverage these outfits take. Like a bad game of telephone, they repeat, with minor noise and distortion. - aaronm67, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Second largest newspaper. USA Today is the largest.
(you said correct you if you were wrong) - tobias1482, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3hopefully it means less lame/viral video links :)
- kremvax, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Yes.
Apparently that's how they make money to pay the reporters and photographers, so that they can continue to provide you with a free source of news.
I registered once five years ago, logged in then. The only other time it bothered me to login was when I bought a new computer.
If that seems like an unfair price for hundreds of free daily articles and photos, go read USA Today or something. - RonaldLewis, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Spend some more time there. You'll like it. It doesn't have nearly as much abuse and kiddies running around as here.
- s0lace, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Right.... as if the freshman chicks at State U have any idea what digg is when they log on to facebook to update their "relationsip status" with Frat Guy X
- kremvax, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Well, if "Citizen-Journalism" doesn't actually mean observing, writing or reporting news, then sure.
If "Citizen-Journalism" in this context rehashing and critiquing the work of professional journalists, then sure, I'd buy that. But outside of 2-3 semi-annual videotapes of cops beating suspects I just don't see a lot of "Citizen Reporting" on Newsvine. - DyDx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It has a new "share" feature that lets you share videos or other things you find interesting.
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How did I miss stevesearer's post by 24 minutes? hmm... [/edit] - yensed, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Congrats SwinglineSea! The first(and only) article you've submitted made it right to the homepage!
- britkev1, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Nice work Rose! Congrats. Getting integration like this is great news for this community and the value of Digg.
- averagemario, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This has been a feature on iht.com (a NYT property) articles for months, and other news sites as well. Cool idea, but not new at all...
- brian4572, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1OK I think the next step is to integrate the sharelink, the digg link, on Television channels. If you are watching a news story or SportsCenter or a movie or whatever you can digg it. Or how about outside of the house altogether, you are at the grocery store and you can digg the girls ass in front of you.
- miaow, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1newsvine has the content and momentum, but i find it awkward to get around.
- brian4572, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1will big brothers ever increasing powers cease
- Azap, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Pshhh it's all about the new one, MyQuire.com
- 40bslove, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1its late at night, they are not that many, interesting articles
- hiscity, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1FLASH: NYT buys major stake in Digg
Taking a cue from Microsoft, Google, and major media outlets that have "bought out" the competition, the New York Times today paid $13 million dollars to add story summaries to Digg. The new managing editor of The Times was quoted as saying that the Digg format for user commentary would be used in the newspaper's online stories and that Kevin Rose would become a Times editor for a special section on emerging technologies and the web.
"We see many positive benefits from our new arrangement. Of course, there will be no trouble with juvenile comments since registration is needed to read our stories and subscription to comment."
In further news....
kekeke ... just kidding! ;-) - PacoDG, on 10/12/2007, -7/+5All news agencies started out as something small.
Whatever. As long as they allow digg users to not have to f'n log in to read articles (and/or people learn to copy/paste the articles in the comments section)
(and yes, before someone puts the link for it, here it is, http://www.bugmenot.com/ ) - RonaldLewis, on 10/12/2007, -13/+7This is good news for digg and especially Newsvine, but this is only an attempt to prevent the web from eating their lunch. Newspapers will eventually become obsolete.
- Lionhart, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1It's a Digg clone I believe.
- ownage, on 10/12/2007, -8/+0I too think printed newspapers will be obsolete within my lifetime. Hell it has already begun with magazines. Take the US PLAYSTATION magazine for example. They gave it the ax and instead are creating an online newsletter.
How about getting one of those E-Readers that you can use for digital books and paying for a service where the newspaper content gets beamed to your e-reader or cellphone via WiMax or Cellular Phone towers.
Does that seem feasible? - xbasilx, on 10/12/2007, -9/+1***** THE NYTIMES. ***** their bloodsucking registration, ***** their mamby-pamby apologist reporting perspective and ***** all their plagerizing reporters
- donjaime, on 10/12/2007, -12/+2They added the little "add this story to digg" icons. Big deal.
- vtlunchbox, on 10/12/2007, -12/+2what the hell is newsvine is it worth checking out?
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