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- rileyjt, on 10/12/2007, -4/+60Bad move...
Please Digg, do NOT start transitioning into one of those sites where people feel the need to use a Bugmenot type service just to use the site. Keep the features functional for non-registered people. The "freeloaders" still generate advertising revenue and if you provide them a good experience, they will eventually register. Making the site a hassle to use simply means that people will move on and not bother. - ThinkBox, on 10/12/2007, -3/+42Digg is trying to drag those 8 million secret uses out of the dark, i don't blame them, but I'm not sure if this was the way...
- carguy84, on 10/12/2007, -6/+43Screw that, I'm not registering.
- UnknownBadger, on 10/12/2007, -10/+30well i guess it makes sense, how are you meant to promote a story if your not logged in?
- dark1152, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18Does anyone think that the reason for this is bots? I mean, bandwidth is costly these days, and I bet there is tons of traffic cause from anonymous bots constantly checking on non-front page stories etc. Perhaps this saves Digg a little $$ on bandwidth. Code monkeys have to eat too you know. Hot pockets aren't as cheap as you'd like to believe! :)
- Baddox, on 10/12/2007, -5/+23You can't even view comments or get to the actual link that was posted.
- ThinkBox, on 10/12/2007, -5/+20He left a comment, so, yes, he is registered...
- jayadelson, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10I'm reading this, and I'm not sure people understand... This is a "beta period," during which time, to reduce the potential loads and monitor the interest level, we are restricting it to registered users (which, by the way, is free and anyone can do it). We do not intend on leaving these sections for registered users only indefinitely. Once the beta period is over (to be determined) we will open it up to non-registered users.
- Blah_Blah_Blah, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10@rileyjt
youre right. I used to visit digg frequently without contributing or even registering, but eventually i felt that i would get the best out of digg if i registered. - InetRoadkill, on 10/12/2007, -6/+15This is going to backfire. You can't force users to register.
- MasterFunk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Notice the category's that UN-registered users can't see are in beta. Once these sections are out of beta those slackers, : ) ,can see the stories again.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -6/+13So you have to log in to view the queue! Your registered aren't you!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7You weren't able to digg stories if you weren't logged in anyway. What's your point?
- Baddox, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8Thanks for confirmation that this wasn't just happening to me. I would think this would be a pretty big deal, considering how much everyone hates NYTimes and other such news sites for requiring an account.
- thejadedmonkey, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8I definitey don't like this at all.
- jayadelson, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Again, and then I'll be quiet on the subject: This is temporary while we analyze the data and perform various tweaks/bug fixes. It will be removed, as the message implies. Also, use of the existing sections from before has not changed and does not require a login.
- Baddox, on 10/12/2007, -4/+10Yes, I am registered, however, I'm not always set to remeber login, especially on other people's computers.
Any unregistered user can view Digg Spy, but they try to click on a story that's not front-page material yet, they get redirected to a login page. They can't even view the linked story, much less view comments. - thedove, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6it's for the beta only....it'll open up after the beta. just relax, breathe deep....enjoy green tea. there's no conspiracy. this is JUST A BETA
- diggdat, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6I also do not care for this particular change. I browse stories frequently (daily) and I often comment on stories etc. but I log in when compelled to do so. The reason I am not always logged in is because I do not choose to have my cookies enable while surfing in general and typically turn them on when I need to or if I do surf with them enabled, I deleted them often.
For me, it is not convenient to log in before browsing the site every time as I bounce in an out fairly often, logging in when compelled to do so.
I think a lot of people choose not have cookies enabled all the time... - vatechtigger, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5its all good man. www.bugmenot.com soon will have all 8 million digg users using the same login :)
- CarLBanks, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6I look at this way: The frontpage is what anyone can view to find things people like. The queue is for people who are contributing to the site so they can digg up stories for people to see.
- Daisuke, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Yeah, but shouldn't anybody at least be allowed to see the queue? I don't disagree that the queue should be for diggers to promote, but shouldn't it also be available for viewing?
- rileyjt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I wonder how many un-registered Digg users will register simply to voice their concerns about this issue in the comments :)
- spiderland, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7@ThinkBox:
You have a point there. The main beneficiaries of Digg is its CEO and staff. It gets its content from free labor (the registered users). - diggduggjoe, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5The forced login blows. I do not like being forced to identify myself while simply browsing. I do digg, comment and the like, when I feel like it. RSS feed is a real pain, now. This, ontop of the new look, will have me digging less. There must be another way to get people to register without this crap. Alienating millions of users is not likely in their business model. Oops!
- tnorris, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5No one has even mentioned the biggest issue. I use Thunderbird to read digg via the RSS feed. When I see an article I want to digg, I click it, login and digg it.
It's now virtually useless because nearly every article just shows the login page... - Baddox, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6Left a comment, not to mention submitted a story :-)
- sbwms, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4What Jay said. Also: It's not unpromoted (upcoming) stories that require login during the beta period. It's stories in the new, non-tech topics. After the beta period, those topics will be open to anonymous users, too.
- kuratkull, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Well, this IS a bad move. Since these "freeloaders" don't cause any considerable harm. And they generate profit anyway.
I used Digg unregistered for a few weeks before i registered: and that's because i really liked it.
But if i had to register, i would have not found this great place(because i would think that this is another regular news site). - cawpin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4WTF are you talking about? It works fine and it DOES remember who you are.
- AMSRay, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4It's not just having to logon, it's having to logon on OVER and OVER. I've got my laptop set to remember my login, and I keep a Google personalized web page with DIGG on it up on my laptop while I'm at work. Even If I'm already logged in, just jumping from one article to another I have to keep logging in almost every time. It used to remember that I was logged in and let me go back and forth from my Google home page. I hope this is a glitch that will be fixed when they get over the crush of all the new traffic.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4God, I love the block user button.
- ThinkBox, on 10/12/2007, -11/+14Lets not forget, the more registered useres digg gets, the more contributing and the more mondey digg gets
- ketha, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3ha ha... sometimes geeks are unbearable. thanks for calming it down ;)
- CorpT, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4I'm sure that's what it is. But conspiracy theories will prevail.
- BTexas108, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5Yes but it's not allowing those who like to surf anonymously from reading a story. I did this many times when i looked at the front page. Then if i actually liked what i read/viewed I'd log on and digg it. Now i have to log in, or tell digg to keep me logged just to read the stories i don't care to digg
- nukethewhales, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I can't believe only one person has noticed that its only the stories in the "beta" categories that you have to log in to see. I thought we were supposed to be technologically inclined. Obviously while in the beta stage digg would most like input from the more trusted people who have registered and can be contacted. This is, of course, assuming that this is not going to be like google gmail and stay in beta for months.
- bugsy187, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Um, we just logged in to view this site. This isn't news to diggers.
I think this is a bad idea, by the way. It kills traffic to the site. - OprJZigworthy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4I wholeheartedly agree with those who have already stated their "required logins blow ass" position. Comments are public; anyone should be able to read them. The way to entice people to register is NOT to force them. If the freeloaders see a benefit to joining, let them do as us commenters have done. Resorting to semi-privitization and annoyace is cheap hax.
- thebman990, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3You also have to log in to view anything other than the technology category, which is a pain if you use an RSS Reader like Thunderbird. Does anyone have any readers that support cookies/logins/etc.?
- dafatkid27, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I used to be a freeloader, even though I had an account, I was too lazy to log in. But, the change made me log in today. The log-in-to-view trick worked, and they just got one extra user.
Long live digg. - Baddox, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4I'm still sure, but it seems to be ANY story that's not promoted to front-page status. (I'm getting tired of logging out to test stories, then logging back in to check this one)
- feelingfunky, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4I think that they want to get us to contribute more. I don't see anything wrong with that. Logging in isn't so hard. come on.
- Vektuz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2At least now I can log in.
Digg 2.0 would not let me log in no matter how much I wanted to ;p - Porsche944, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4personally I think Digg has the worst autenication system of any website I have used.
It does not remember who you are. If you close down your browser and open it you have to at least type your username to sign if. That remember me button ya that only remembers your password. - fohat, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Also, this blog post is now being dugg http://diggtheblog.blogspot.com/2006/06/digg-v3-user-registation.html to explain this situation ;)
- ThrasherC, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I might have understood your comment if there had been some punctuation in it somewhere.
- fohat, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Inaccurate - See Jay's posts above. This is just for the Beta period folks!
Everyone take a deep and relaxing breath. - ctrlfreak, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I'm new and I've just registered.
I'm one of the 'social freeloaders'. I often READ digg stories/comments but never felt the need to register because I never felt the urge to either:
1-Just reply "Yeah, totally" to something someone else said
2-Say the same thing as thousands of other people
3-Try to make a funny reply incorporating the view of the week (Sony bad, Nintendo good), or recycling some old catch phrase.
Also, you think the duping now is bad. It's now going to be 8 million times worse :P - fyngyrz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Meh. All this fuss, and Digg still censors stories (bury) that tons of users spent time promoting; there's still no decent threading in the comments, so you can't easily follow conversations, more log-in annoyances... I have to wonder what the heck they're thinking. Or if they are.
Digg's benefit to me is the rate of stories; there are lots, and I like that. In terms of functionality, it kind of sucks. -
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