Comments on: Updated: Digg this — Former social-sharing superstar reportedly sold for $500K

By: Anuj Agarwal

Anuj Agarwal — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 13:52:07 +0000

Everyone, Big or small, has to “PIVOT”. If you don’t, even top tech companies like Digg wither away.

By: ricdesan

ricdesan — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 15:09:19 +0000

Spot on! In the final analysis user is still King! When you omit them from the evolution process, they can kill your product no matter how great it is!

I hope Digg serves as a shining example of what not to do.

By: sixiron

sixiron — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 05:03:40 +0000

Digg was just overrated.

By: Kelsey Winkler

Kelsey Winkler — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 00:20:55 +0000

Now that Diggs ship has sailed, here are a few alternatives:

Boxnutt (http://www.boxnutt.com) – Boxnutt is a place to discover what’s new and popular on the web.
Reddit (http://www.reddit.com) – the front page of the internet
Snip. it (http://www.snip.it) – collect the best of the web.

By: matthewgkrieger

matthewgkrieger — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 00:19:37 +0000

@Matt – How is “social sharing” different than “sharing”?

By: A S

A S — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 22:42:50 +0000

Digg should be the No. 1 lesson for all websites to not take their users for granted, and to not disrespect them or their preferences. All it needs is for a viable alternative to exist and for some of your users to start moving to the alternative, before the rest of your users will leave overnight. In the case of Digg, all the users moved to Reddit. This is a crucial lesson that Facebook should not miss. It’s literally just one critical mistake away from a mass exodus to G+ !