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Digg Gets Updated, Again.

December 18th, 2006 | No Comments | Posted in Geeky, Tech News

I love dynamic growing communities like Digg and Netscape. Digg I most certainly prefer since it has a grassroots following. Anyhow, Kevin Rose updated the site of Digg again. From his own PR Blog:

Interface Design, Digg Goes Widescreen
We’ve gone from a fixed width layout to a flexible one allowing you to make use of your screen real-estate on larger monitors. Navigation has also been moved to the top allowing you to quickly switch between sections.

Top 10 Stories/Videos
Digg stories move fast, so we’ve created a quick view of the top 10 hottest on Digg, updated in real time. This list changes as other stories accelerate in Diggs - so make sure to check it often. Think of this as your quick pulse of what’s hot in any given section.

Videos Enhancements
Aside from giving Videos their own position in the top navigation, we have added a couple cool features: Top 10 hottest videos, and on-Digg video previews. Simply click any video with a play icon to get lightbox window in which you can preview and Digg the video.

Podcasting
Now you can Digg your favorite podcast series and individual podcast episodes. Not only can you see a list of the most popular podcasts by section, you can also dive into any individual podcasts to see the most Dugg individual episodes. And don’t forget - every time you Digg a podcast or podcast episode that is bookmarked in your profile and shared with your friends.

Profile Enhancements
Now quickly jump between your Dugg News, Videos, or Podcasts. With three separate sections we make it easy to sort through your own Diggs or the Diggs from your friends using the friends tab.

I just might get into Digging. I dunno. I like Netscape, but there is not a real community there. The best part is that, ideally, users can participate on both communities equally and get the site in question double as much traffic - which is always a better thing.

If the Internet is a Series of Tubes, certainly, social bookmarking websites are the water pumps that keep the web moving. :)

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Digging a Deeper Hole

September 7th, 2006 | No Comments | Posted in Geeky, Tech News

Lately, Digg (popular Social Bookmarking website) has been under fire from their own top users for their moderating policies, and the utter disregard for their respected top Diggers (contributors). The big deal is the way Kevin Rose is not permitting friends to vote on a story (spin-zone: Gaming). Digg’s number one user, P9 voluntarily left Digg due to disagreement on this. Neophile has fairly detailed recap of what happened.

Kevin Rose responded to the (negative) attention, and thus remains firm. Calacanis promises his members that there will be no penalty for voting on friend’s posts (one user, one vote rule). In his update #3, he cites that obviously Digg is burying stories of competitive services, or critical in nature. Thats not cool. Accept feedback, use it as opportunity to build from. Heck, if AOL/Calacanis did it with Netscape, you can do it too. Kevin Rose ought to take some notes on Loving your Members (Calacanis - High and Low (or “How to love members… shall I count the ways …). Digg clearly did not anticipate the needs (’nor the respect) of the top Diggers. Oops, looks like they dropped the ball on this one, and it rolled on over to Netscape’s corner.
Here are the links to the input to both sides of it; I respect their perspective, thereby giving equal coverage:

‘Scape on.

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