Comments on: Dissing Digg… Why?

By: Search Marketing Gurus | Search Marketing Tips, Advice, Strategies

Search Marketing Gurus | Search Marketing Tips, Advice, Strategies — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 03:36:55 +0000

Digg - Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?…

These days I can't go through any news aggregating sites without seeing at least 1 or 2 stories about Digg. The social news site has been stirring up a lot of controversy lately, check out this list: algorithm updates admission of moderators stories r…

By: Search Marketing Gurus | Search Marketing Tips, Advice, Strategies

Search Marketing Gurus | Search Marketing Tips, Advice, Strategies — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 03:36:55 +0000

Digg - Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?…

By: ET

ET — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 18:06:21 +0000

All this over a March 2005 IM chat. Wow, there must have really been too much turkey eaten and nothing happening in the news! Of course Digg has moderators, its cant be helped in todays world of spam and gaming. Its a constant battle for them to try and keep there site a quality user experience. To me, whatever they need to do to keep Digg working is a good thing. I am with Om when he says you gotta look past the front page to find the gems!!

By: Bizarro Kevin

Bizarro Kevin — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 02:36:44 +0000

Moderators? Kevin thinks “that’s BS man.” Spammers? Kevin says “that’s bogus dude.” Like, Kevin’s pissed. Kevin’s gotta go. But first, Kevin’s going to have a beer. “Like, now dude.” Digg this beer? Kevin says “that rocks.”

By: Uri L.

Uri L. — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 23:30:07 +0000

Probably the harsh critique on Digg isn't very fair, but at least it might stimulate more efforts from Digg to think (and share users) how to deal with the latest problems.

By: dave

dave — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 22:48:31 +0000

you know, i’m still thoroughly confused about the fascination with digg…moderation is a bonus, particularly in light of the admitting spam gaming (check out http://www.usersubmitter.com) – perhaps they’d be well served by a footnote to the ‘where users submit etc’ blurb on the home page (as in, ‘we also moderate to eliminate and reduce system gaming)…

…so let’s abstract out a bit here: do you people really need digg to help you uncover items of interest or learn about new and interesting things? or sites like megite? or do you tend to just go seeking new and interesting stuff on digg hoping that you’re not part of a larger paid advertising game?

personally, i prefer the slashdot model, where competent editors review all submissions and limit total volume, encouraging more intense debate around consistently interesting items…kind of like (duh) a good blog, like this site, where we all come back each day knowing that a bunch of interesting items are going up from the editors themselves, and not just random crap…

By: Pramit Singh

Pramit Singh — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 05:06:34 +0000

Thinking that it just fashionable to diss Digg is a simplification of sorts. The idea is to keep looking for a realiable online news experience, won't you agree? I have written about Digg's problems and news ways out at my blog.

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 19:24:05 +0000

Yes, Muhammed and Steve, I do agree with you. Since we all like Digg so much, this is not seen as criticism, and we are all wanting better service, clarity.

But i have to say, not saying its you, it has become generally fashionable to beat up on Digg these days.

By: John

John — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 19:13:11 +0000

I think the social website pot was stirred up when Jason Calacanis stepped down from netscape

By: Muhammad Saleem

Muhammad Saleem — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 19:12:35 +0000

Om, please have a look at the latest update on my post.

I wasn't dissing Digg for having moderators at all, rather I wanted to make a commentary on the misconception that Digg is entirely user driven.

I completely agree with you when you say "Most social communities have some balance and checks…" I just think we need a degree of transparency about the moderation that is going on too.

I think Steve's comment sums it up very succinctly.