Comments on: Has Digg dug it self too deep? http://profectio.com/forde/2006/09/08/has-digg-dug-it-self-too-deep/ Thoughts and comments on stuff by Dave Forde Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:37:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Michael Kenward http://profectio.com/forde/2006/09/08/has-digg-dug-it-self-too-deep/#comment-16 Michael Kenward Fri, 08 Sep 2006 17:28:17 +0000 http://profectio.com/forde/2006/09/08/has-digg-dug-it-self-too-deep/#comment-16 I tried Digg, thinking it would be a way to sort out the wheat from the chaff. Wrong. Small band of techno nuts puffing the usual stuff. A better model would create communities of folks with similar interests who would then feed the beast. As it is, I care nothing about the stories that interest a spotty teenager in California. My big beef about Digg is that it has a funny idea of what constitutes technology. If it isn't INFORMATION technology, forget it. Where do I read about energy, agriculture, transport, materials and all the stuff that really makes the world go round? They also need to find ways to reduce duplication. Same story, different sources and reports, but still they appear. Far better to consolidate them. I tried Digg, thinking it would be a way to sort out the wheat from the chaff. Wrong. Small band of techno nuts puffing the usual stuff.

A better model would create communities of folks with similar interests who would then feed the beast. As it is, I care nothing about the stories that interest a spotty teenager in California.

My big beef about Digg is that it has a funny idea of what constitutes technology. If it isn’t INFORMATION technology, forget it. Where do I read about energy, agriculture, transport, materials and all the stuff that really makes the world go round?

They also need to find ways to reduce duplication. Same story, different sources and reports, but still they appear. Far better to consolidate them.

]]> By: Jason http://profectio.com/forde/2006/09/08/has-digg-dug-it-self-too-deep/#comment-15 Jason Fri, 08 Sep 2006 17:20:55 +0000 http://profectio.com/forde/2006/09/08/has-digg-dug-it-self-too-deep/#comment-15 I think you nailed it... I came up with a crazy system of "paying people for work" i wonder if it wil catch on!!? :) Note: we hired a couple of folks from digg, but also hired the top bookmarkers/coolhunters/editors from netscape, newsvine, reddit, etc. as well. we didn't try to buy the top 20 digg users like you're saying... we tried to hire the most talented folks across the various services out there because we realized they were spending 1-3 hours a day making these sites great. I think you nailed it… I came up with a crazy system of “paying people for work”

i wonder if it wil catch on!!? :)

Note: we hired a couple of folks from digg, but also hired the top bookmarkers/coolhunters/editors from netscape, newsvine, reddit, etc. as well. we didn’t try to buy the top 20 digg users like you’re saying… we tried to hire the most talented folks across the various services out there because we realized they were spending 1-3 hours a day making these sites great.

]]> By: Pottsc http://profectio.com/forde/2006/09/08/has-digg-dug-it-self-too-deep/#comment-14 Pottsc Fri, 08 Sep 2006 12:51:58 +0000 http://profectio.com/forde/2006/09/08/has-digg-dug-it-self-too-deep/#comment-14 Great observation ! I too have blogged a bit on Digg, but found it lacking any sense of community. I do however, find that the more specific you get in terms of subject, distraction in content becomes less of a issue. http://pottsc.wordpress.com/2006/09/06/blogs-and-your-bloated-blog-brain/ Great observation ! I too have blogged a bit on Digg, but found it lacking any sense of community. I do however, find that the more specific you get in terms of subject, distraction in content becomes less of a issue. http://pottsc.wordpress.com/2006/09/06/blogs-and-your-bloated-blog-brain/

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