Many sites that frequently get posted to Mefi would generate their own FPPs automatically via RSS, which by nature would crowd out the contributions of regular membersBut in my experience with Digg, most of the content from these providers was regularly posted anyway - in essence, they've removed the "race to post" that we sometimes see here at Mefi with Obit threads and other big news items. This is seen as a "negative" because posting Digg-worthy items was valued in the Digg community, while Metafilter takes the reverse approach and tends to value "deep track" finds.
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tagomgyouri: @kevinrose way to go ruining digg, now it's gay and ur a fagg.posted by Rhaomi at 5:14 PM on August 26, 2010 [4 favorites]
about 1 hour ago via web from Tampa, FL
kevinrose: @omgyouri we are using the exact story ad placement as the old digg, nothing changed
about 1 hour ago via Twitter for iPhone in reply to omgyouri
drsjlazar: @kevinrose I hope the "taste makers" are enough to keep digg going... They'll probably be the only ones left.
about 2 hours ago via web
kevinrose: @drsjlazar traffic is up 20+%, thanks for the concern tho
about 1 hour ago via Twitter for iPhone in reply to drsjlazar
eyeisdotca: Congratulations @kevinrose you have officially created the most bug infested, garbage design, and all round hated site by its users
about 2 hours ago via HootSuite
kevinrose: @eyesisdotca thank you
about 1 hour ago via Twitter for iPhone in reply to eyesisdotca
The upcoming section is gone.If these are actual planned near-future changes and not just empty placating, I think I've moved from "hate it" to "skeptical but on the fence."
Out of 200+ Million pageviews in July, only 0.4% was from upcoming (yes, that's less than 1/2 of a percent). I definitely see the fun behind wanting to see stories just before they jump, so we'll add a view of upcoming popular stories soon.
Mainstream outlets and power users have been given more power over the front page.
All diggs are still equal, nothing has changed there. Our directory of recommended users will eventually open to the entire world. We will sort users, not on popularity (followers), but based on how good you are at finding/digging content (similar to wefollow.com). This will remove the popularity contest and put the focus on quality diggers.
The default homepage is now "My News" and cannot be changed.
Makes sense, we'll add this setting.
All your favorites have been deleted
Our fault, we'll add these to your "saved stories" section.
The bury button is gone.
By removing the bury button we have put a stop to the bury brigades. The "hide" button next to every story also acts as a "report" button, if enough people hide a story a site moderator is notified and we review it for TOS violations.
Historical submissions, like the Obama victory thread, have had their digg counts reset and their comment sections mangled.
We will fix this.
Digg v4 finally launched last week, and it’s taking a lot of fire, for both design decisions and technical issues. There are a lot of angry users asking them to go back to the old version. This is simply not going to happen. Love it or hate it, v4 is here to stay.posted by Rhaomi at 9:04 PM on September 12, 2010
Digg v4 is not a redesign, not a reskin, it is a 100% rewrite. It’s completely new design, code, architecture, and infrastructure. It has almost no relationship to the v3 system whatsoever.
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Even if they still have the systems and the desire to roll back, they don’t have the talent to maintain Digg v3. Nearly everyone who built and worked on the legacy Digg codebase has left the company.
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MetafilterMetacriticDigg redesign prompts user revolt!If you are not paying for it, you're not the customer; you're the product being sold.
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