What is Digg?79 Comments
- deut, on 10/12/2007, -2/+81I really hope they add a feature that keeps track of how many "thumbs up" and "thumbs-down" your comments have attracted. I think that this should be factored into the persons ranking. (It might be already, I don't know?)
- MrCalifornia, on 10/12/2007, -2/+60Nothing to link to really, so I just posted pictures to prove I was there ;) At the end of the podcast Kevin talked about Digg 3 and said it will launch in 3 weeks (probably 3 weeks from Sunday as that's when the Podcast will come out.)
- Shizlanski, on 10/12/2007, -4/+36"what is this "the sun" you talk of?"
He must be talking about Sun Microsystems, you know the java guys. But why they are behind my drapes i don't know? I'm scared - shikaga, on 10/12/2007, -5/+32But AOL has something that Digg doesn't, distracting and annoying adds.
- jer2eydevil88, on 10/12/2007, -7/+29but... but.. what will us net nerds do with the influx of new people?
- FederalSource, on 10/12/2007, -8/+29How many beers did it take?
- avengence, on 10/12/2007, -4/+20Wow that was fast... I just got home from that. It was a nice get together.
- jj555298, on 10/12/2007, -7/+23Digg has something AOL can never obtain, loyal users and a creator that can identify with the users. LONG LIVE DIGG!!
- Porchman, on 10/12/2007, -11/+26First item of business: open your drapes. We call that the sun.
- Grimdotdotdot, on 10/12/2007, -4/+19Yes, but AOL has Time Warner.
And loads of cash. - T3rry, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17I see Females in the picture... are you sure that was the taping of Diggnation?
- cyberwired, on 10/12/2007, -4/+193 weeks cant be too long for those people on dialup, I'm on 3.5mbit and it takes 15 - 25 seconds to load the front page (timer in firefox)
I know its an issue that has been thrashed to death, but 25 seconds to load 15 items (its all I look at when I visit digg) makes me not browse the rest of the site.
Or least if could change your profile to view the front page so you can cut things out so it will load a tad faster...
Hey dont shoot the messenger, I just cant understand how more people dont complain when I have a damn fast connection and its slow to load...
www.zgeek.com shows more info and loads in 8 seconds (the main site I frequent) - Strongoloid, on 10/12/2007, -7/+20Yeah that was fun. Except when the guy with Patron walked past me with the 3 shots and spilled some onto my foot.
No, actually that was fun too. - onket, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11just use RSS.
- mr_yuk, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10It would be nice if the site worked on a small screen (blackberry or treo) or they used a browser sensor to allow a mobile version to load. At this time it's pretty much unviewable (not in digg dictionary)on a 700p which is a shame cause there's nothing better than digging on the loo.
- ahdustin, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9Can't wait to see all the new improvements. I wonder whether DiggNation will stay solely to tech news, or Kevin and Alex will start talking about other Digg news.
- Grimdotdotdot, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9http://www.duggmirror.com
~2 seconds, if that's better for you. - lane.montgomery, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9And to make money, they gotta eat too. (Tech users generally don't click on ads, I know I don't.)
- jl24, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7It's pretty weird how people are knocking Digg v3.0 . Hardly anyone here has played around with it have they?? And if they have I'm sure we would all like to here your thoughts. And for the people who are knocking the new sections e.g. World News etc., isn't there alot of World News on digg right now loosely connected to tech? These sections will help the Technology section be dedicated to pure technology. Kevin Rose and the Digg team have done a great job on Digg.com so far. It's not suddenly going to be rubbish is it?
- MSIGuy, on 10/12/2007, -18/+24The Tahoe episode was horrible. Too many idiots yelling "drink drink drink." I don't want to watch a show with two people getting hammered, I want to watch it for you know, the dialog.
DL.TV has been my favorite show for a long time, and will most likely continue, unless they decide to shoot heroine one day to be cool. Defiantly not downloading this weeks episode. - Sibertank, on 10/12/2007, -5/+10what is this "the sun" you talk of?
- EmileVictor, on 10/12/2007, -4/+9I've been getting people to join Digg for ages. Digg is also the reason why Channel 9/WIN in Australia picked up on the mosquito mp3 ringtone tonight. I'm sure it would not hurt digg at all to have topic channels that are relevant to a wider audience.
- shikaga, on 10/12/2007, -4/+9Since when were we in competition with AOL's "Digg Killer"? They are hardly even in the same race. Kevin and Revision3 don't do things because they want to be ahead in "the race", they do things to make things as easy and pleasurable as possible for their users.
- deepsub, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Software bloat hurts all good apps....
- Flankk, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7Would you prefer censorship or a change in personality? Why not just call the FCC.
- FuzzyCat, on 10/12/2007, -8/+12I agree, I mean WTF! It's not even ***** released - You lot are twisted. First you digg 2 *really crappy* pictures of digg v3, pictures that show nothing. Now you get all orgasmic over the fact that it'll be released in 3 weeks. ***** me. Wait until it's released, figure out if you like it THEN praise/knock it.
down we go.... - DuoPros, on 10/12/2007, -7/+10I thought it was spelt heroin.
- Grimdotdotdot, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6"People say we've just added more categories, ***** that, there's a ton of cool new features coming."
Well... Like what? - umrgregg, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Just browse Dig with Netscape 4.2...
- tzmguitarist, on 10/12/2007, -8/+10Is it me or is Kevin (godbless him) becoming even more of a lush than he was in the beginning?
- Syntaxis, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Digg.com is too slow indeed. Granted, I'm in Europe, but still.. I work with US based servers daily which are host pages much heavier, but they don't take 15 seconds...
- Lee69, on 10/12/2007, -4/+6Good to hear, I'm new to digg and already like the simplicity of it. It can only get better.
- MrCalifornia, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4It's not an exact quote, it was hard to heard, but at that point pretty much everyone had had a couple and I think that is pretty close to what he said.
- antron, on 10/12/2007, -5/+7Where was it in San Francisco?
- mrASSMAN, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2digg is somewhat slow.. but it doesn't take 30 seconds.. the front page takes about 3 to 4 seconds to load.. (and i'm on a 1.5mbit)
edit: with fasterfox timer-
1.5 to 2 seconds with normal use (cached)
~6 seconds with cache reloaded
australian-based zgeek.com took 16 seconds to load (first visit). - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Great, now sports sites, political websites, celebrity homepages, everybody in the mainstream can experience the joys of the digg effect, likely combined with the fark effect.... great, I think.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -9/+10Take that AOL.
- jl24, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3I'm sure everyone remembers how Digg works. From the FAQ;
With digg, users submit stories for review, but rather than allow an editor to decide which stories go on the homepage, the users do.
If people don't like the stories then they won't digg them. No diggs=you don't see them all that often - kryptogrowl, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1and "The Broken" will come out next week too.
I won't be holding my breath for either. - applepirate, on 10/12/2007, -6/+7Here is a link to some other pictures from last nights taping
www.flickr.com/photos/applepirate/sets/72157594166476047/
I was pretty drunk by the time i started taking pictures and didn't realize i had my ISO cranked up to 1600, but it was still nice to get some pics of the live taping.
He did confirm there was going to be new sections to include the non-geek side of the world and YES he did drop and F-Bomb but who is surprised that he said *****??? come on now! watch one single solitary episode!
It was a really fun event and i cant wait for them to do it again! There was a couple there from Iowa that was in San Francisco for their honeymoon and their first night in town their main plan was to go to the taping... am i the only one that thinks that is an awesome thing for a new wife to be "digging" on a honeymoon? - xr56n44, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1hey, today, suddenly, i don't have to enter the security code when submitting a comment!
is this a change or did i achieve some special membership level? - diggnationdevon, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Excellent. I think the new version based from those screenshots we saw look very nice.
- Mikekuul, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I haven't been going to digg for long (I started watching diggnation and decided to see what was behind it) but I am excited for this! Can't wait to see this ton of cool new features.
- satori3000, on 10/12/2007, -6/+6That space looks like it was meant for a wedding reception with all the flowers... and what's with that big metal dog that looks like it's taking a crap? ...nothing says digg to me like a big crapping metal dog.
Looks like it'll be a good show, congrats on being able to nail down the release of version 3, I'm sure it'll be great. - monkeybop, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1@applepirate - I see you were taking pics from the stairs! I might've been standing next to you! :p
I'm really glad I was able to make it out there. Good times! Can't wait for the next one.
Here's a pic of the cake. It was nummay and there's dogs with lasers shooting out of their eyes on it! http://www.flickr.com/photos/monkeybop/167846866/ - systimax, on 10/12/2007, -5/+5wow I thought the dorks at Slashdot we overly possesive and compulsive about that site. *****, I was wrong we have some real winners here.
- skitzot, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0***** yes, and a new TheBroken? What is it, xmas in June?
- spudmanster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0some people just take this a leeeetttle to seriously. Its a freakin website. Go outside and play for once people!
- avengence, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1haha I was standing next to you at the end of the taping. I saw you holding up the camera the whole time snapping pictures. Those are some nice pictures, thanks for sharing.
- ApplCmptrDood, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1that was a great show! the guy who was giving them some shots of the clear drink (i'm a kid, no idea what it was), spilled some of it all over me as well.
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