Archive for the ‘digg’ Category

The Decline and Fall of Quality on Digg

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

Fueled partly by a need to counter false accusations from disgruntled community members who claim that Digg is rigged (i.e. that a core group of users decide what content is promoted), partly by the desire to encourage non-core members to participate more passionately, and partly by a need to affect ...

Yahoo Plans to Let Users Help Mold New Feature

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

The Buzz service borrows heavily from other so-called social news aggregators, like Digg and Reddit, as it asks users to “vote” on items they like. Items with the most votes, or buzz, will earn prominent placement. But the Buzz service is different in some important ways. Rather than turn Buzz ...

Slashdot Founder Questions Crowds Wisdom

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

“I try not to paint Digg as my arch-nemesis. The Digg method and Digg community are a wider audience than Slashdot,” he said. “But with sites like Digg, it’s the wisdom of the crowds or the tyranny of the mob. You never know what you’re going to get.”Read the full ...

Just Sell Digg Already, Jay

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

TechCrunch urges Digg to sell out to corporate titans.Read the full story