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Anyone else turned off by Digg lately?
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So, I used to be a BIG fan of digg, but lately the headlines and descriptions have been mired in sensationalism that I don't find it appealing anymore. Not to mention the fact that (IMO) about 25-30% of the headlines are from people that didn't even READ the article.
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Yeah - definitely gone downhill.
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I never really found it worth going to, unless there's an interesting link brought to my attention. Besides, I'm a /. guy.
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"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground." TJ
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Digg and Adsense made the quality and reliability of independent news sites and stories go downhill.
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Web dev, Poe, faux-naïf, keyboard warrior, often found imitating online contrarians . My stuff : DELL XPS, iPhone 6
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In the beginning I liked it, but lately it just seems to be regurgitated links to other articles. Lately they don't even change the headings. If digg was my only RSS feed it might work, but only around 10% of the stuff I read on digg isn't found on ars, engadget, gizmodo, or some other news blog.
Add the fact that the comments seem to be made by 12 year olds, digg kinda sucks lately.
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I find the commenters to be kind of young and obnoxious, but I still visit it daily for the headlines.
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I find that the same storys get reposted every 3 months.
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Originally Posted by starman 
So, I used to be a BIG fan of digg, but lately the headlines and descriptions have been mired in sensationalism that I don't find it appealing anymore. Not to mention the fact that (IMO) about 25-30% of the headlines are from people that didn't even READ the article.
Same here. The sensationalism is getting out of hand.
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I hope I am not the only one but I have absolutely no idea what digg is. Have heard it mentioned here before tho.
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turned off? i'm turned on!
oh digg, oh, oh yeah baby.
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I don't digg it, never did, never really saw the need or utility of it.
Every post I've seen regarding any given digg article, I've already seen somewhere on the web or heard about it some how.
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It's been getting worse. The phone calls, the pounding on my door at 3am while extremely intoxicated. I'm about to get restraining order against her.
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I like my water with hops, malt, hops, yeast, and hops.
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Originally Posted by Atomic Rooster
I hope I am not the only one but I have absolutely no idea what digg is. Have heard it mentioned here before tho.
Have you heard of google?
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One thing about digg (Atomic Rooster: Digg / News) that I never got into was digging things. I only ever read items that made it to the front page, so I didn't see the need to digg it anymore.
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Its still an easy way to kill a few minutes when you need a break...
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reddit.com all the way. 
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we don't have time to stop for gas
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Originally Posted by Railroader
Have you heard of google?
Yes, as a matter of fact I have.
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Originally Posted by Atomic Rooster
Yes, as a matter of fact I have.
Do you know what you can do at google.com?
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I was never turned on by Digg in the first place.
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Originally Posted by Railroader
Do you know what you can do at google.com?
Do you know what you can do?
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Originally Posted by Atomic Rooster
Do you know what you can do?
Keep pointing out the obvious?
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On Topic (sort of): I still enjoy the diggnation podcasts though. That Kevin and Alex sure crack me up.
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Originally Posted by Railroader
Keep pointing out the obvious?
Are you my fanboi?
Do you feel your feminine side coming out? 
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Google and Digg are not the same thing nor do they fulfill the same purpose. I fail to see the comparison.
Unless for some reason RR is acting like stating not having heard of something is akin to asking what said something is. Which it isn't.
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Originally Posted by Atomic Rooster
Are you my fanboi?
Do you feel your feminine side coming out?
Do you want to quit derailing threads?
You make me laugh. Thanks! 
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Originally Posted by zro
Google and Digg are not the same thing nor do they fulfill the same purpose. I fail to see the comparison.
Unless for some reason RR is acting like stating not having heard of something is akin to asking what said something is. Which it isn't.
Seriously, you don't get it?
Seriously?
Wow.
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Of course I don't get it. I have a sense of humor.
Wow.
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Originally Posted by zro
Of course I don't get it. I have a sense of humor.
Wow.
Do you want me to explain it to you?
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**** No Caps
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Regardless of content, I find that the Digg Effect renders it almost useless. Digg is supposed to be a way to find the most interesting stuff on the 'Net, but all it does is crash their sites.
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Originally Posted by Dakarʒ
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Perhaps I'm missing the joke here, but did you intend to use foot marks instead of inches?
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Thos aren't foot marks. They're smaller versions of |
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Originally Posted by Dakarʒ
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**** No Caps
Nah, more like "I understand basic principles of search engines and he doesn't". And as he has a past history of harassing me I found no need to help him out. Reap/sow.
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Please. That was stretched out as long as possible. No pun intended.
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I liked Fark for a while.
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Originally Posted by Dakarʒ
Please. That was stretched out as long as possible. No pun intended.
Well, since you asked nicely...
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As I stated in another thread, I prefer stumbleupon for finding cool sites.
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Originally Posted by Railroader
As I stated in another thread, I prefer stumbleupon for finding cool sites.
stumbleupon? What's that? I never heard of that!! How can I find out more?!?
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Originally Posted by BlueSky
stumbleupon? What's that? I never heard of that!! How can I find out more?!?
It's a great extension in FireFox. You can learn more about it here.
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The Google is not my friend.
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