Comments on: next big thing: digg

next big thing: digg

johnnydark — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 09:21:48 -0800

yesterday: news.com
today: Slashdot
tomorrow: digg

By: TetrisKid

TetrisKid — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 09:24:32 -0800

So this is basically like del.icio.us except specifically for news?

By: Foosnark

Foosnark — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 09:24:45 -0800

Meh. They could really do some work on readability, and if there's a comments system it's obscured behind whatever the hell a "dig" is.

By: condour75

condour75 — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 09:37:32 -0800

Looks like one of those sites that comes up in a google search when nothing comes up.

By: cmyr

cmyr — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 09:38:48 -0800

I like del.icio.us, I like news. It's a neat system, as long as they can keep egos and cliques out of it. Or, you know, bias. Ok, so maybe not a neat system? I'm willing to suspend judgement for a while.

By: caddis

caddis — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 09:45:08 -0800

Aggghhhh! The tyranny of the majority.

By: Tubes

Tubes — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 09:47:30 -0800

It looks like Metafilter/NewsFilter, only with karma points ala Slashdot, et. al. Looks simple enough once you grasp that "dig" means two things. You "dig" (=look) through queued articles, then indicate the ones you "dig" (=like). Just a little too clever to be intuitive. They could perhaps rename one action or the other.

By: rafter

rafter — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 09:47:47 -0800

Exactly what I thought, condour75. The design is very domain-squat chic.

By: asianmack

asianmack — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 09:48:38 -0800

This is interesting. A little difficult to figure out at first. But has some potential.

By: mrgrimm

mrgrimm — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 09:51:59 -0800

i think it's like delicious, but with longer blurbs. meh - m = eh. on preview: i think a "dig" is a "cool" vote from a user, which then designates which content shows up pages. the faq could use a little meat.

By: me3dia

me3dia — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 09:53:24 -0800

Foosnark: read the FAQ. Not bad, although I'm not as interested in the tech geekery as some may be. I actually don't mind that there's no commenting, although that would probably be seen as a detriment by most /. users.

By: mrgrimm

mrgrimm — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 09:55:01 -0800

so how do they prevent it from being a PR/spam vehicle? i guess it all depends on critical mass.

By: DrJohnEvans

DrJohnEvans — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 10:28:54 -0800

Now we have someplace to send the people who want MeFi rating systems. Awesome.

By: smackfu

smackfu — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 10:40:58 -0800

The FAQ page needs a rewrite by someone who isn't a programmer.

By: fenriq

fenriq — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 10:46:52 -0800

Google To Digitize Much of Harvard's Library [+ 29 digs] Slashdot (an alternative to digg.com) I thought that was kind of cute. Its got potential. Why is the site digG and the rating system dig?

By: mrgrimm

mrgrimm — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 11:29:53 -0800

Why is the site digG and the rating system dig? domain name availability: disney internet group?

By: shoepal

shoepal — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 12:59:09 -0800

memigo is better.

By: radiosig

radiosig — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 13:38:43 -0800

i think the profile pageviews count is an interesting statistic, but i guess it wouldn't do for metafilter to start counting them now.

By: brad!

brad! — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 15:35:26 -0800

Were you watching The Screen Savers yesterday?

By: roundo

roundo — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 15:45:19 -0800

The big difference between these three sources is that News.com is an actual (award-winning) newsroom with reporters, fresh content, etc. Slashdot is a tech version of Metafilter. Digg is an aggregator; or something like it. I fail to see how it is the future, though I do think non-application aggregators will come into wider use. They won't replace the newsroom though... btw, I work at News.com...and I tried to keep this balanced...and it's my first comments on the Blue, though I've lurked on the regular for two years. I love the blue.

By: mleonard

mleonard — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 16:10:19 -0800

I'm very confused (although I might have overdone it on the wine tonight). smackfu: why do you think the FAQ was written by a programmer? roundo: comparing /. to mefi is the most insulting thing I've read in a long while. Does johnnydark think that the lack of commenting is what makes digg the future? Still confused... what me3dia said, but I can't see the geekery. I guess I'm too much of a geek. Oh, and shoepal: thanks for the link.

By: Bort

Bort — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 18:11:53 -0800

Maybe it will just take time to get the kinks worked out, but when the first item I see on page 1 is a link to a t-shirt sales site, and items 3 and 7 are both articles about EA Games' exclusive rights to NFL games, it makes me glad I don't have any time or money invested in this site.

By: costas

costas — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 21:11:47 -0800

shoepal: thanks for the props (I run memigo). This is a good attempt but, what 2 yrs too late? del.icio.us is better as a community, findory is more personalizable and, IMHO, memigo is a better combination of both ways to organize news.

By: rxreed

rxreed — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 23:25:33 -0800

I think this has real potential. It seems to play well with firefox live-bookmarks. ***1/2 (of 5 stars)