Comments on: Digg Sucks at Finding Breaking News http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/08/15/digg-sucks-at-finding-breaking-news/ News, opinion, and fresh thinking for web developers and designers. The official podcast of sitepoint.com. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:35:20 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: knud http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/08/15/digg-sucks-at-finding-breaking-news/comment-page-1/#comment-798135 knud Sun, 21 Sep 2008 10:56:10 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=2830#comment-798135 Hi I am working on a site which try to solve many of the problems with digg.com. You can find it on http://crowdnews.eu. The main problem with digg is the voting system. When only top voted stories get on the front page it has to be a subject that many can relate to, which result in stories with a low information content. http://crowdnews.eu solves this by using sharing instead of voting. Every have a personal news page on which they can subscribe to other users and when those users share stories they will appear on the personal news page. Crowdnews Hi

I am working on a site which try to solve many of the problems with digg.com.
You can find it on http://crowdnews.eu.

The main problem with digg is the voting system.
When only top voted stories get on the front page it has
to be a subject that many can relate to,
which result in stories with a low information content.

http://crowdnews.eu solves this by using sharing instead of voting.
Every have a personal news page on which they can subscribe to other users and when those users share stories they will appear on the personal news page.

Crowdnews

]]> By: Carl http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/08/15/digg-sucks-at-finding-breaking-news/comment-page-1/#comment-782900 Carl Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:37:27 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=2830#comment-782900 If you can't place a live link then the link button on the editor should be removed. http://www.hiveminds.co.uk/content/5-reasons-why-social-news-sites-will-fail.html If you can’t place a live link then the link button on the editor should be removed.

http://www.hiveminds.co.uk/content/5-reasons-why-social-news-sites-will-fail.html

]]> By: Carl http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/08/15/digg-sucks-at-finding-breaking-news/comment-page-1/#comment-782899 Carl Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:36:08 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=2830#comment-782899 Hmm, I guess I am not the only one seeing the trend here. Check number four here. <a href="http://www.hiveminds.co.uk/content/5-reasons-why-social-news-sites-will-fail.html" rel="nofollow"></a> Hmm,

I guess I am not the only one seeing the trend here. Check number four here.

]]> By: Chris http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/08/15/digg-sucks-at-finding-breaking-news/comment-page-1/#comment-780851 Chris Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:36:06 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=2830#comment-780851 I agree, Digg is a piece of crap, Kevin Rose was a moron to sell off his creative control to some investor firm telling him his site wasn't worth 60 million dollars, I wouldn't pay a few hundred bucks for that piece of crap now. I agree, Digg is a piece of crap, Kevin Rose was a moron to sell off his creative control to some investor firm telling him his site wasn’t worth 60 million dollars, I wouldn’t pay a few hundred bucks for that piece of crap now.

]]> By: oxidati0n http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/08/15/digg-sucks-at-finding-breaking-news/comment-page-1/#comment-780158 oxidati0n Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:17:06 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=2830#comment-780158 You have a feature to digg a story about negativity about the site. lol. You have a feature to digg a story about negativity about the site. lol.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/08/15/digg-sucks-at-finding-breaking-news/comment-page-1/#comment-780145 Anonymous Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:58:58 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=2830#comment-780145 More than the issue of speed is the issue of garbage being Dugg to the front page. More often than not, the tech news consists of almost-funny-but-not-quite pictures instead of any real information. More than the issue of speed is the issue of garbage being Dugg to the front page. More often than not, the tech news consists of almost-funny-but-not-quite pictures instead of any real information.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/08/15/digg-sucks-at-finding-breaking-news/comment-page-1/#comment-780135 Anonymous Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:42:16 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=2830#comment-780135 meh, sitepoint has become a lot more the place to be lately I'd say. I like the homepage a lot. I'm honestly coming back here everyday. Whereas in the last several years, I would have been here no more frequently than once a week -- and only to checkout the forums quickly. meh, sitepoint has become a lot more the place to be lately I’d say. I like the homepage a lot.

I’m honestly coming back here everyday. Whereas in the last several years, I would have been here no more frequently than once a week — and only to checkout the forums quickly.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/08/15/digg-sucks-at-finding-breaking-news/comment-page-1/#comment-780097 Anonymous Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:27:30 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=2830#comment-780097 and what? sitepoint now the place to be huh? don't think so and what? sitepoint now the place to be huh? don’t think so

]]> By: mattymcg http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/08/15/digg-sucks-at-finding-breaking-news/comment-page-1/#comment-780016 mattymcg Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:23:11 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=2830#comment-780016 I agree with this observation. I've stopped checking digg altogether lately; every time I visit it, there are fewer gems and far more rubbish than ever before. I agree with this observation. I’ve stopped checking digg altogether lately; every time I visit it, there are fewer gems and far more rubbish than ever before.

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