5 responses to “Digg diving:”
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I never read Digg, but I did like the ‘most linked to’ stories on the sidebar of Newsgator when I was a Newsgator user. I sub to WeSmirch, the gossipy sister of Techmeme, which seems to work similarly. Digg seems sorta fun if you’re into the whole voting thing, but I’ve been sort of surprised how seriously people have got about it. Individual trusted human filters always point me towards good stuff – including new human filters (that is, bloggers) – all the time, no voting interface needed. As we know all too well from politics, what is popular is more often than not unworthy of our attention or consideration.
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The crowd can get in the way or not be useful in the case of Digg? Could be on to something there.
i find Digg fascinating, but like you I rely on the constant refining and reviewing of my network (individual bloggers), mainstream media and meme-trackers (Techmeme’s my favourite) to bring me what I want.
The better you tend to your network, the mroe serendipty you experience in the themes and information that comes your way.
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Right. And ruthlessness with sources – being willing to cull those which do not deliver the goods – is key. Harder to be precise in that, I think, when your source is a collective like Digg.
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From what I’ve been able to divine, promotion seems to be almost entirely down to who submits the page, assuming it hits some of digg’s favourite topics. Right now, the user Supernova has four stories on the front page. Lo and behold he has 162 friends.
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Digg gangs. It’s all beginning to make sense… This serious undermines Digg’s model, surely? Or does it..
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