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TheoCryst · Jan 20, 2007, 02:51 PM

I'm a /. person myself, and I was just curious which way the 'NN tends to lean.

Railroader · Jan 20, 2007, 03:00 PM

Digg.

there's just something about the /. format that bugs me.

Naaaaak · Jan 20, 2007, 03:01 PM

I found out about digg from slashdot and switched for about a year. Digg started to get progressively retarded with too many people plugging their own blogs and just outright stupid things making it to the front page. So I switched back to slashdot recently. Then I realized why I switched away from slashdot (it also has some dumb things that make it). But the comments on slashdot are much more interesting to read than the comments on digg.

cakey · Jan 20, 2007, 03:37 PM

I cant spend 30 seconds browsing digg without getting pissed off about something.

iMOTOR · Jan 20, 2007, 03:43 PM

Originally Posted by Railroader

Digg.

Yes, we know.

Gossamer · Jan 20, 2007, 03:47 PM

The last one. Not even kidding.

Railroader · Jan 20, 2007, 03:48 PM

Originally Posted by iMOTOR

Yes, we know.

You'll never see me post a story on digg here though.

iMOTOR · Jan 20, 2007, 03:53 PM

Originally Posted by Railroader

You'll never see me post a story on digg here though.

Originally Posted by Gossamer

The last one. Not even kidding.

Same Here.

Adam Betts · Jan 20, 2007, 03:56 PM

Both sites. They each serve their own purposes. I read digg for random interesting news that are usually not reported anywhere else and slashdot for comments (threshold at 3+)

Peter · Jan 20, 2007, 04:20 PM

not comparable really
Digg is good for upto minute content, but no discussions
Slashdot has great discussions
reddit comes in between the two

brassplayersrock² · Jan 20, 2007, 05:14 PM

Well, yesterday I learned about Digg. and I didn't know about slashdot . the last one doesn't fit me all that well, so, um, I'm indifferent?

Alex

Judge_Fire · Jan 20, 2007, 06:29 PM

What Adam and Peter said; my Slashdot preference 4/nested - hopefully Digg gets something similar going, the current system is annoying.

Oisín · Jan 20, 2007, 06:46 PM

Originally Posted by brassplayersrock

Well, yesterday I learned about Digg. and I didn't know about slashdot . the last one doesn't fit me all that well, so, um, I'm indifferent?

Alex

Ditto. I don’t /. and I don’t Digg, but the Lounge isn’t “the only contact I have with the outside world”, either.

zro · Jan 20, 2007, 07:11 PM

Neither.

Diggers get on my nerves, though.

Kenneth · Jan 21, 2007, 12:30 AM

Digg is the new /.

turtle777 · Jan 21, 2007, 01:05 AM

Digg: Once a quarter
Slashdot: twice a month.

Lounge: 24/7

Take your pick.

-t

brassplayersrock² · Jan 21, 2007, 02:12 AM

Originally Posted by Oisín

Ditto. I don’t /. and I don’t Digg, but the Lounge isn’t “the only contact I have with the outside world”, either.

that makes 2. any others wanna be part of this very elite group?

Alex

Jawbone54 · Jan 21, 2007, 02:57 AM

I only visit Digg whenever someone posts a link in the Lounge. I've never been to /.

I really have no interest in neither. If I want news about the world, I go to BBC, FOX, CNN, and Drudge Report. If I want news on technology, I come in here and see what people have posted and linked to. Then I go look up monkey clips on YouTube.

Salty · Jan 21, 2007, 03:26 AM

I keep RSS feeds for Slashdot, NN, Think Secret, and c|net. New.com for more formal tech news that wont' get posted on Slashdot. Slashdot for the comments and arguments and what not. And then NN and Think Secret for their Mac related stuff.
I don't use Digg I just never found Digg to have anything that interested me.

goMac · Jan 21, 2007, 03:55 AM

I do Digg, but honestly, Digg is pretty awful. It's filled with tons of spam and product wars. Not to mention the "holier then thou" Digg mentality. I swear, if I see one more comment about the "power of Digg" and how Digg "changes the world"...

But Slashdot is slower to push out news. The advantage of Digg is that it's fast.

Big Mac · Jan 21, 2007, 07:03 AM

/. /. /.

BlueSky · Jan 21, 2007, 11:42 AM

I don't understand what the problem is with Diggers...just don't read the comment page! I usually have Digg open in a tab and occasionally scan it for interesting stuff, but the only time I visit a comment page is to retrieve an alternative URL when the referred site is down because of the Digg link.

Railroader · Jan 21, 2007, 01:44 PM

Originally Posted by BlueSky

I don't understand what the problem is with Diggers...just don't read the comment page! I usually have Digg open in a tab and occasionally scan it for interesting stuff, but the only time I visit a comment page is to retrieve an alternative URL when the referred site is down because of the Digg link.

That's EXACTLY what I do.

lpkmckenna · Jan 21, 2007, 02:10 PM

I go to Slashdot occasionally, but I find that the stories there are old. If I want real tech news, I get it from Ars Technica.

Digg's ok, and I sometimes participate, but the signal-noise ratio is unacceptable. I monitor Digg thru RSS, but rarely click-thru to them.