Comments on: Is Digg Broken? http://spiralbound.net/2007/05/02/is-digg-broken my digital notebook Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:39:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: knud http://spiralbound.net/2007/05/02/is-digg-broken#comment-169461 knud Sun, 28 Sep 2008 13:18:04 +0000 http://spiralbound.net/2007/05/02/is-digg-broken/#comment-169461 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. Crowdnews 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. Join me on 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.

Crowdnews 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.

Join me on CrowdNews

]]> By: Brock Noland http://spiralbound.net/2007/05/02/is-digg-broken#comment-124364 Brock Noland Thu, 18 Oct 2007 15:01:30 +0000 http://spiralbound.net/2007/05/02/is-digg-broken/#comment-124364 <em>To be fair, however, it is important to note that traffic is traffic and anytime a large number of people read a story the author is much more likely to receive incoming links, resulting in the all-important increase to Google rank. Still, one has to consider if gaining a few incoming links is worth the other headaches that come with being 'Dugg'. </em> In general I agree. However, I think you underestimate the number of links. I was on the front page of digg and I recieved thousands of links back which has resulted in tons of residual traffic. In addition, the article that was dugg, consequently was ranked high on stumbleupon. Stumbleupon users stay twice as long on my site and and look at 3 times as many pages. To be fair, however, it is important to note that traffic is traffic and anytime a large number of people read a story the author is much more likely to receive incoming links, resulting in the all-important increase to Google rank. Still, one has to consider if gaining a few incoming links is worth the other headaches that come with being ‘Dugg’.

In general I agree. However, I think you underestimate the number of links. I was on the front page of digg and I recieved thousands of links back which has resulted in tons of residual traffic.

In addition, the article that was dugg, consequently was ranked high on stumbleupon. Stumbleupon users stay twice as long on my site and and look at 3 times as many pages.

]]> By: « NOUMENON :: Art, Ideas, Culture & Capricious Opinion http://spiralbound.net/2007/05/02/is-digg-broken#comment-78268 « NOUMENON :: Art, Ideas, Culture & Capricious Opinion Thu, 03 May 2007 16:17:42 +0000 http://spiralbound.net/2007/05/02/is-digg-broken/#comment-78268 [...] goes into more detail in his own post and even cites other sources while providing hard data examples from websites to which he has [...] [...] goes into more detail in his own post and even cites other sources while providing hard data examples from websites to which he has [...]

]]> By: Dee http://spiralbound.net/2007/05/02/is-digg-broken#comment-78135 Dee Thu, 03 May 2007 01:36:27 +0000 http://spiralbound.net/2007/05/02/is-digg-broken/#comment-78135 Hey Cliff, Did you see this? http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article1739123.ece I figured you'd appreciate it, given the timing of your article. Hey Cliff,

Did you see this?
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article1739123.ece

I figured you’d appreciate it, given the timing of your article.

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