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- bscott86, on 10/12/2007, -3/+36Tip: Don't buy stock just because you hear Google will acquire it on Digg.
- quokkapox, on 10/12/2007, -5/+31The communities are vastly different. A third of the people who post comments here cannot even formulate coherent English sentences. The important stories make the front page on both sites, but I read slashdot for the intelligent comments and digg for the breaking news headlines.
- farkninja, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15http://i1.tinypic.com/rs9d20.png
Picture of the article I nabbed from my rss feed. - Sottozero, on 10/12/2007, -3/+17They're different, but not vastly different.
It does seem like the technical literacy of /. is considerably higher, but that's how they started. For higher-level news aggregation and getting a sense of what's happening in the technical zeitgeist, I think Digg is far superior.
I know quite a few people who are pretty avid /.-ers who are looking at Digg more and more, myself among them.
Keep your eyes on this space. Not too many websites really impress me, but Digg does. You'll see this get more and more mindshare, and eventually (I believe) the commentary will get deeper and better as Digg moves into maturity. - IHateScreenName, on 10/12/2007, -3/+14Funny thing is, I've been trying to access the site for about an hour now and still can't. Yet the digg count has gone from 94 to 180. I guess people still digg before they actually read an article...
- Leebert, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11> I used to hit Slashdot a ton every day, but now it's Digg.
I read slashdot for YEARS. (1694 UID)
I personally finally swore it off about a month and a half ago. Posted a question that was against the hive mindset and was moderated "flamebait". Which it clearly wasn't. But whatever.
It's taken some adjustment to switch to Digg. I'm thrilled to see the first implementation of comment threads. That I personally felt was one of the major drawbacks - the old format did not encourage discussion. Discussion is where the intelligent comments begin to blossom. Already I've seen a difference.
Digg definitely has a lot more of the childlike fanboys. But I think part of that is that Digg itself is still a child. As Digg ages, I expect its fanbase will as well.
I have high hopes for Digg. - Sottozero, on 10/12/2007, -4/+14It's just a matter of time before the Digg effect is equal to or greater than that of Slashdot.
Me, if I'm a Slashdot exec, I'm looking at Digg and worrying that my old formula just won't compete over time.
I used to hit Slashdot a ton every day, but now it's Digg.
Give ME the choice of what stories should be frontrunners. I don't need editors telling me what makes my news page. - delinka, on 10/12/2007, -7/+16i'm sorry, but slashdot has few "intelligent" comments. it's just that comments on digg are even *less* intelligent.
- zentro, on 10/12/2007, -11/+17Yes. The power of Digg, indeed.
- quokkapox, on 10/12/2007, -5/+10The big sites aren't susceptible to the digg/slashdot effect. They already have plenty of capacity. It's only little sites on single servers that aren't prepared for the bandwidth/database/CPU demand that are shut down.
- Books, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7Well, Slashdot isn't very pleasing on the eyes whereas Digg.com has an amazing page layout. Plus I believe a wider range of stories are covered here. So Digg.com is up on /. , but I mean...Slashdot could always copy Digg.
That's the web world...no? - acidzebra, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5"a significant social force that moves massive attention and traffic" - compare: bunch of screaming monkeys on a rock throwing sticks.
- scarolan, on 10/12/2007, -4/+7Yep. I used to check Slashdot first - now it's kind of an afterthought when I'm done browsing digg. Too bad - CmdrTaco shoulda listened to Kevin when he suggested user-rated stories and more interaction. Adapt and grow or be replaced. Good job digg team - you've created a great resource for tech news.
- sandig, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5Something similar to mirrordot ( http://www.mirrordot.org/ ) would be good. For those who don't know, mirrordot caches pages linked to from slashdot to let people view them after they get slashdotted.
- crackintosh, on 10/12/2007, -8/+11Digg is like a big manifying glass a sunny day.
- silhouette88, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I'm pretty sure both sites are going to be around for awhile, and that's not a bad thing. It doesn't have to be a contest of which site is better. There are plenty of below-average sites out there trying to do what Digg and /. do, but are utter failures. I'd rather spend my energy *praising* the two sites in hopes that they'll keep making themselves better and better as more and more users discover them.
I have to agree with what Books said above though, Digg's layout is much easier to read. I still visit both sites though. - OBKenobi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Digg: The Social DDoS Tool
- Mongoose, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Good little article. Provides a fairly decent overview of what digg can do.
- stormmind, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I have become completely dissappointed with slashdot. Most of the articles posted are junk while interesting stuff gets blocked by editors. Of all the top stories on /. there's maybe one each day that interests me. That was not the case before and it's a real pity.
- boardo, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5A lot of people still use this site as a social bookmarking tool. For instance, I dugg this article so I can check back later in the stories I have dugg and check this article out when the site is back up.
- defylogik, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1also anyone remember the screen savers of kevin rose touting digg back in the day. did he create it and advertise his own site during his real paying job, or did he jump on the bandwagon and take all the credit. HRMMMMMM
- feedscott, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Techcrunch appears to be back online. Here is a C&P if it goes down again:
http://feedscott.blogspot.com/2006/03/techcrunch-mirror-power-of-digg.html - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3/ could catch up in a flash if they'd just fire all the brain dead editors and let the users decide what stories go up. I mean a guy like Zonk is literally an embarrassment so why deal with it at all when what users want is to do their own promotion?
I think the new tagging system at / is a step in the right direction. But in a way I really do hope digg buries /. because that is the only way they will make meaningful change. You can let users promote or you can hire truly heavy hitters to do the editing. What you can't do is not let the users promote AND hire a lead-head like Zonk. That is like a smack in the face, followed by a kick to the groin. - feedscott, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Yes, but I don't think that the DDoS or Digg Denial of Service is the usual intention. However, in a few instances this is very much the case.
- bertdevriese, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4@delinka
and that's what the "digging comments" system trying to solve... if a comment is offtopic, 'not intelligent' or whatever, you can click the red "thumbs down"-icon... at least digg is trying... - System84, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Digg has its stupid comments, however, a ton of Digg users also seem to think that they are the grammar police and need to give someone hell just because they miss a period or use a word that doesn't fit.
I don't pay attention to Slashdot because I cannot stand their comment system and I am not a big fan of some of the articles that go up there.
Digg has by far more stories and therefore more choices for something to read, so I used Digg as much as I can. - appleswitch, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Digg effect, page is down after only # diggs
- beagle72, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Indeed, the Digg and Slashdot communities are different and both skewed in their own way. Digg's user-powered story system leads to headlines which sometimes completely misrepresent the article and are written in 4th grade English. On Slashdot, editors write headlines which completely misrepresent the article and are written in 11th grade English.
Digg comments appear to come from children who've recently unboxed their first computer, while Slashdot comments come from paranoid luddites who consider themselves both technologically savvy and yet at the same time, fearful and dismissive of every new technological innovation, and how they will be used by the government to spy on them and steal their souls.
And then there are Farkers, who are what you get when you combine Digg users, Slashdot users, and recreational drugs. - CaughtThinking, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Anyone else find that article not worthy of any note?
- twistymcgee, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3I don't think slashdot is worrying, as many have said in the 9000 comments on this system about digg vs slashdot. Each site has it's own set of die hard fans as well as a large portion who visit both.
- defylogik, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0you mean a flock of sheep LOL
- sarahb459, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Slashwho... eff those wannabes... Digg Rocks!!! Kevin Rose, you are a genius!
- jamesong, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1that is the ugliest site i have ever seen
- joehobbes, on 10/12/2007, -7/+7LOL the headline is so ironic :)
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Digg desperately needs to make it more difficult to get the fp. All you really needs is a few users with a few accounts each to promote just about anything. Digg around for IRC stories, it is interesting how many diggs the most ridiculous stories get.
For starters digg could raise the number of diggs required to get the fp to 250. Maybe less or maybe more but that is a reasonable place to start. The levels they have currently set betray their ignorance of social dynamics. Digg is increasingly being hijacked by people trying to make a few bux off gaming the current system. Gaming the system at this time is VERY easy. A few dedicated users each with a few dummy accounts (and the right keywords) can promote just about anything. - BenStockwell, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I wonder if we could bring down microsoft.com with enough diggs? How awesome would that be.
- neura, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Which goes to show exactly why this system is so broken. People either don't know what digging a post is all about or they specifically use it for something other than it's intended use. Which makes the whole digging system useless. Granted, you can still find interesting links, but whether or not the links get on the front page and for how long is broken.
And this is on top of the other heavier abuses (which is what this article is REALLY about). - cwedl, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0digg looks nicer! slashdot looks kindof old.
- eylander, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3according to Hemos, slashdot slashdotted itself in its early days. Clogged the fiber (if that geo had fiber) for the entire region where its offices and servers were located.
- oxymoron69, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0feel the power of your broken server 'TechCrunch'.... did they write a story about how they were about to meet digg and go down for awhile?
- sprocketonline, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2The digg (or /. depending which side of the fence you sit on) effect seems to result in a majority of the links to the stories being broken.
Would it not be a good idea if digg automatically provided extra links to a cache of the original link?
For example, when a user submits a story a script could look up google automatically and provide a link to the google cache.
It would solve a lot of problems,l and useless commentary from everyone complaining about the broken link!
Anybody fancy a bit of GreaseMonkeying? - bertdevriese, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3Great idea, some sort of 'backup mechanism' that automatically downloads the page to the digg servers... When the story is buried these pages can be deleted again...
- Argon52, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1/. has become an email only update, and often I find myself reading repeats that I have found on digg.
Funny thing is the only reason I keep the /. email updates is because I enjoy the comedy subtitles. - Starch, on 10/12/2007, -8/+6Oh boy .. be careful not to break your arms in patting yourselves on the back..
- sprocketonline, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/3233
The greasemonkey script - mdragon, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Already exists, look at userscripts.org for digg - add mirrors and slashdot - add mirrors. Problem is, unless one of the early readers clicks coral for example, coral can't get to the site to cache it either :). So maybe the optimum solution would be an agreement between digg and coral to allow digg to preemptively request a caching before it lets the story hit the front page.
- starruler, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3Wait, you mean coherent as in all the words are spelled correctly?
- groov, on 10/12/2007, -7/+4If the trend continues the frontpage will be exclusivly stories about digg. It's sad to see what could be a good thing fail so miserably; a good example was the Digg used for 'Sun stock manipulation' story last week - lmao.
Though it is still good for breaking tech news, it is ironic how the site just screams for a moderators careful hand. - MalDON, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1What a way to take down a site. Just link to it and say (Any Site) is feeling the power of digg. lol
- Argon52, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Great digg idea!
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