Comments on: Why real people think Digg sucks

By: Jamie

Jamie — Thu, 06 May 2010 00:56:18 +0000

This post is right on the money. Trivial and bubble-gum stories on the front page and insanely frustrating broken links and what-not. I stopped visiting months ago…..it’s had its day in the sun (and they know it too!)

By: The Traveller

The Traveller — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:54:30 +0000

I somewhat agree. I have been a regular user of digg, and what’s sad to see is sometimes vry good stories get buried and very illogical stories keep getting dugg because in general, the top users control 75% of digg postings. So, it’s not really what people want to read, it’s more like what these top users force you to read.

By: knud

knud — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 11:41:51 +0000

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: Mean Dean

Mean Dean — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 18:39:15 +0000

While I agree that borken links on digg suck … I think the biggest problem with said social network is its cliquishness.

In many cases, unless you’re a disdainful hipster with at least 2 tats and 1 piercing who hates Microsoft as much as you hate GWB then you’re not likely to get the nod from a majority of their readers.

By: Amrit Hallan - HowToPlaza

Amrit Hallan - HowToPlaza — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 18:10:16 +0000

I can understand why some people think that Digg sucks but it is very useful to those who use it regularly, or who know how to use it to generate tons of traffic. Most of it is noise, I agree to that.