Comments on: I’m done with Digg http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/11/21/im-done-with-digg/ Jeff Nolan's take on investment, innovation, entrepreneurship and the technology industry Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:44:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jessie http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/11/21/im-done-with-digg/comment-page-1/#comment-214454 jessie Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:51:27 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/11/21/im-done-with-digg/#comment-214454 Social Media, i've been using Digg for two months now but i don't really think it's working for me. at present, i have deleted the Digg widget and link to it in my site. i think you did a good thing :-) Social Media,

i’ve been using Digg for two months now but i don’t really think it’s working for me. at present, i have deleted the Digg widget and link to it in my site. i think you did a good thing :-)

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]]> By: Sunspots: The flying paint edition http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/11/21/im-done-with-digg/comment-page-1/#comment-64932 Sunspots: The flying paint edition Mon, 08 Jan 2007 20:55:25 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/11/21/im-done-with-digg/#comment-64932 [...] Jeff Nolan’s Digg buzz wears off “Digg really is an innovative site but I’m finished with it…Digg just isn’t doing anything for me to make my day easier. I’m finding this with a number of ‘Web 2.0’ sites, after the initial enthusiasm wears dull I’m left with a big ‘so what’ feeling that I can’t escape.” [...] [...] Jeff Nolan’s Digg buzz wears off “Digg really is an innovative site but I’m finished with it…Digg just isn’t doing anything for me to make my day easier. I’m finding this with a number of ‘Web 2.0’ sites, after the initial enthusiasm wears dull I’m left with a big ‘so what’ feeling that I can’t escape.” [...]

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]]> By: Marcus http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/11/21/im-done-with-digg/comment-page-1/#comment-50630 Marcus Wed, 06 Dec 2006 23:53:14 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/11/21/im-done-with-digg/#comment-50630 I agree. I was initially very excited by Digg and checked it frequently for several months. I'm not sure if it's ME who has changed or Digg who's changed but I can't stand the site anymore. It got to the point where every other article seemed either inaccurate, bombastic, super-biased or just ridiculous. I've gone back to techmeme, Slashdot and other sites like Lifehcker and tuaw for news. They may not always be the most comprehensive, but at least the editorial quality is consistently bearable. I have really started to question the value of user-generated content when it's open to the general public, especially with such a wide audience. I think it still works on sites like Flickr and del.icio.us but so many others seem to only cater to the lowest common denominator. To me this includes Digg and most of YouTube. I just checked Digg to see if my criticisms still hold true... the first article: "The 30 Gorriest Moments in Gears of War." Yes. They do. I agree. I was initially very excited by Digg and checked it frequently for several months. I’m not sure if it’s ME who has changed or Digg who’s changed but I can’t stand the site anymore. It got to the point where every other article seemed either inaccurate, bombastic, super-biased or just ridiculous.

I’ve gone back to techmeme, Slashdot and other sites like Lifehcker and tuaw for news. They may not always be the most comprehensive, but at least the editorial quality is consistently bearable.

I have really started to question the value of user-generated content when it’s open to the general public, especially with such a wide audience. I think it still works on sites like Flickr and del.icio.us but so many others seem to only cater to the lowest common denominator. To me this includes Digg and most of YouTube.

I just checked Digg to see if my criticisms still hold true… the first article: “The 30 Gorriest Moments in Gears of War.” Yes. They do.

]]> By: Jeff http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/11/21/im-done-with-digg/comment-page-1/#comment-50563 Jeff Wed, 06 Dec 2006 20:34:08 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/11/21/im-done-with-digg/#comment-50563 Carl, Probably a little bit of both but if applied to a smaller community the content base will have to be significantly more valuable in order to achieve the same yield. In other words, part of the value of digg appears to be the velocity that information moves through the digg network. We, the enterprise irregulars, have been trying this with our crispynews site but it's just not as sticky as I would have hoped for. Carl,
Probably a little bit of both but if applied to a smaller community the content base will have to be significantly more valuable in order to achieve the same yield. In other words, part of the value of digg appears to be the velocity that information moves through the digg network. We, the enterprise irregulars, have been trying this with our crispynews site but it’s just not as sticky as I would have hoped for.

]]> By: Carl Tashian http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/11/21/im-done-with-digg/comment-page-1/#comment-50530 Carl Tashian Wed, 06 Dec 2006 18:05:29 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/11/21/im-done-with-digg/#comment-50530 Jeff-- Is your complaint with the content or the mechanism? I wonder if the same mechanism applied to a different community would result in "better" content, or if the "best" content requires too much attention and will never show up on any site with this mechanism, no matter how focused the community, Because the mechanism seems to naturally favor bubble gum web sites with no long-term value. That's great for digg--it's what people go to for their lunch breaks, to relax, even if it isn't relaxing. For me, the novelty and fun of digg turns into wooziness after an hour following the Internet's blind alleys. There is diminishing marginal utility. It leaves me numb. I want to unsubscribe. But the next day I go back to it because I want to feel in touch. There is something drug-like about the digg habit. I go in for a quick grin, but ultimately it's a waste of time, it is supremely unproductive, and it's disconnected from what really matters to me. Hmm, sounds a lot like cable TV. The collective intelligence has ADD. Jeff– Is your complaint with the content or the mechanism? I wonder if the same mechanism applied to a different community would result in “better” content, or if the “best” content requires too much attention and will never show up on any site with this mechanism, no matter how focused the community, Because the mechanism seems to naturally favor bubble gum web sites with no long-term value. That’s great for digg–it’s what people go to for their lunch breaks, to relax, even if it isn’t relaxing. For me, the novelty and fun of digg turns into wooziness after an hour following the Internet’s blind alleys. There is diminishing marginal utility. It leaves me numb. I want to unsubscribe. But the next day I go back to it because I want to feel in touch. There is something drug-like about the digg habit. I go in for a quick grin, but ultimately it’s a waste of time, it is supremely unproductive, and it’s disconnected from what really matters to me.

Hmm, sounds a lot like cable TV. The collective intelligence has ADD.

]]> By: a new digg « AKLECTICA http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/11/21/im-done-with-digg/comment-page-1/#comment-48622 a new digg « AKLECTICA Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:40:40 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/11/21/im-done-with-digg/#comment-48622 [...] Well, welcome to the backlash. “Digg just isn’t doing anything for me to make my day easier,” writes Jeff Nolan in a post titled ‘I’m done with Digg.’ Adds BusinessWeek’s Rob Hof: “As much as I like the idea of Digg…I must confess that I just don’t use it that much.” Then Robert Scoble piles on: “I too unsubscribed from the general Digg feed,” he writes. “Too much crap!” [...] [...] Well, welcome to the backlash. “Digg just isn’t doing anything for me to make my day easier,” writes Jeff Nolan in a post titled ‘I’m done with Digg.’ Adds BusinessWeek’s Rob Hof: “As much as I like the idea of Digg…I must confess that I just don’t use it that much.” Then Robert Scoble piles on: “I too unsubscribed from the general Digg feed,” he writes. “Too much crap!” [...]

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