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New version of Digg released; face-lifted, faster, but is it too little too late?
If you missed my preview of it back in July, here's the basic gist of new Digg: by virtue of a streamlined UI that requires less clicks, it's faster; you now 'follow' news sources (and friends), which generates a personalised 'My News' page; and... well, that's about it, really.
The new Digg is, mostly, about removing its one-page-to-rule-them-all focus. Digg wants to be your social news aggregator, rather than the plaything of power Digger demagogues. The 'Top News' section is still there, but the idea is that you can now tailor your own page to show sites and articles that come from your favourite news sources, or from your friends. Digg, which has had a flat growth graph for a while, is trying to attract a new, classier, social clientele.
It is, in essence, a Facebook-and-Twitter amalgam, but without the critical mass of users that has made both aforementioned services so damn useful. Digg has always been a bit of a knackered one-trick pony, and by watering down the efficacy of its front page traffic hose, I just wonder if Digg has enough clout to stand proud amongst the heavyweights.
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Subscribe to commentsJustinAug 25th 2010 9:00PM
Interesting, just let me check Reddit to learn more about this.
Sebastian AnthonyAug 25th 2010 9:02PM
I chortled :P
JoshAug 25th 2010 10:18PM
They knew about the release two days before it was announced.
kitsuaAug 25th 2010 10:46PM
They killed the comments, thus they killed the community. It's a sad day, but Digg died this morning. I'm going to have to change my online habits drastically. Shame.
JonnyAug 25th 2010 10:49PM
I've never used digg. All I know about it (other then the fact that it now looks a lot like facebook) is that Kevin Rose nerd I used to watch on TechTV is now a millionaire somehow.
Sebastian AnthonyAug 26th 2010 7:06AM
It's the Internet equation!
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3. ????
4. Profit!
JoshAug 26th 2010 8:13AM
@Sebastian:
If you figured out how to skip the first two steps, everyone's going to be filthy rich soon.
AvianAug 26th 2010 12:21AM
Reddit ftw
stigalljAug 26th 2010 12:21AM
reddit ftw
CelotilAug 26th 2010 2:57AM
I went to Digg this morning to grab some news before work.
I was too distracted by the changes to read anything and left feeling like something was wrong but not sure what.
I figured it out just a little while ago.
They've "Facebooked" Digg, turning it from primarily a News Aggregator to a social networking "News Sharer", and whereas I used to load ALL the comments, even -92, this new one makes me individually click-click-click, and as per !@#$ing usual, a down-dugg thread starter hides all the other comments.
They tried streamlining the site to make it better but just made it into a shitty version of Facebook News.
I've left.
Sebastian AnthonyAug 26th 2010 7:07AM
Yep, I think they've kind of embraced what's made other social networks popular, but lost any kind of uniqueness in the process.
It's pretty though, and it works well... I'm sure there's SOME space for it in the market. I just don't know if it'll GROW...
AemonyAug 26th 2010 3:38AM
FaceDigg... I knew it was being worked on, but to actually release it?
What a shame. I'm leaving.
JoshAug 26th 2010 8:14AM
So, other than Reddit and it's absolutely atrocious interface, what other alternatives are there? Since Digg really is no more, I think this might be a great opportunity for DLS to do a "Digg Alternative" post.
Sebastian AnthonyAug 26th 2010 8:17AM
Hehe, not a bad idea, but... well... I think all the alternatives are well-known. StumbleUpon, Reddit, and perhaps Delicious.
These sites require a critical mass to produce enough links, and to moderate them. There can't be TOO many of them out there.
WilliamNighthawkAug 26th 2010 1:24PM
StumbleUpon is probably the best of the three sites. I never really got into the whole dig or reddit thing. To me the new dig looks better but I would have went in a different direction with the design. Change is good!
ramirez1973Aug 29th 2010 12:55PM
New Digg sucks ,now most front page stuff is placed by sponsors no user control like before