propinquity

September 1, 2005 3:34 AM

propinquity Has anyone else noticed the propinquity between mefi and digg? It's getting to the point where you have to search both before you post! Or did someone on digg already say that?
posted by milkwood (19 comments total)

Actually, I never noticed digg before now.
posted by Citizen Premier at 3:43 AM on September 1, 2005

Doesn't this belong on MetaTalk, anyways?
posted by Citizen Premier at 3:43 AM on September 1, 2005

The propinquity of Digg to Metafilter is less discerable that the congruity of Digg to Slashdot.
posted by three blind mice at 3:50 AM on September 1, 2005

than the
posted by three blind mice at 3:50 AM on September 1, 2005

you just learned that word today didn't you!

i did at least
posted by afu at 3:52 AM on September 1, 2005 [1 favorite]

No I haven't. But I've noticed a propinquity between a certain, less popular "linkfilter" site that I read and FPPs on the blue. But I don't wanna make any accusations other than that so I'll leave it hang.

And I've also noticed a propinquity between me commenting in threads and those same threads being closed soon after... so what Citizen Premier said, too!
posted by uncanny hengeman at 3:56 AM on September 1, 2005

For the less educated, "propinquity" is a sad result of gigantism of the skull.
posted by NinjaPirate at 4:11 AM on September 1, 2005

To answer both of this post's questions:

1. No.

2. I don't know, I've never heard of digg before.
posted by marxchivist at 4:47 AM on September 1, 2005

I've posted a link originally found on digg to metafilter before. It was quite a success.
posted by furtive at 4:59 AM on September 1, 2005

Well, I've been reading MeFi for four years, finally got an account here this year....and saw digg for the first time three days ago.

So I guess the answer to your first question, judging by the responses so far, is "No."
posted by Hamadryad at 5:03 AM on September 1, 2005

NinjaPirate, you're wrong. Propinquity is the agonizing engorgemental throbbing of the posterior.
posted by loquacious at 5:05 AM on September 1, 2005

I thought that was estrus.
posted by sciurus at 5:12 AM on September 1, 2005

They're all self-referential. I see the same things on /., Fark, Digg, Boing Boing, and MeFi (and often Techdirt, GeekPress, and del.icio.us/popular) all within a few days of each other. Sometimes the MSM even picks them up after a few weeks.

I'm probably wasting a lot of time visiting all of those. OTOH, it does give me the happy illusion that the "whole net community" is in on the same buzz.
posted by phrits at 5:27 AM on September 1, 2005

I'd never seen digg until just now, but thanks for the link.
posted by OmieWise at 5:51 AM on September 1, 2005

Given the high percentage of tech news, I'd says it's more like slashdot.
posted by smackfu at 5:58 AM on September 1, 2005

I like Digg. That said, if Metafilter becomes just like Digg (exhibit A) that would be a shame.
posted by selfnoise at 6:06 AM on September 1, 2005

Filterfilter Filter.
posted by reality at 6:20 AM on September 1, 2005

Digg looks like a slashdot rehash. Nothing to get hung about.

This really belongs on meta, not the blue.
posted by oddman at 6:35 AM on September 1, 2005

What a difference one letter can make. At first I read it as "prop iniquity" -- which would be something else altogether
posted by winston at 7:02 AM on September 1, 2005