Digg.com to Undergo ‘Drastic Changes’
Kevin Rose recently spoke in a surprisingly open manner regarding the site’s upcoming changes, and admitting Digg is in major need of an overhaul.
“We’re making some drastic changes, but they’re much-needed drastic changes,” he admits, going on to warn Digg purists that they should brace themselves for the new Digg; “People are going to be shocked at some of the directions we’re taking. You have to be comfortable with completely tearing down and throwing away a bunch of ideas.”
While this kind of talk may worry those who have been Diggers since its inception, some see the site as rather old-school in terms of its approach to spreading information. This fact is not lost on Rose, as he notes that the web isn’t what it was when Digg was founded, and people now have much more control over their own internet footprint.
Those following Digg in the news as of late will likely not be surprised by the tone of this interview, as new features and adjustments to Digg’s formula have popped up here and there. It’s refreshing to see Digg recognize the changing internet landscape, but I hope they don’t go overboard trying to be more like Twitter and Facebook.
And, if a new, better Digg is on the horizon, well… we will just have to embrace it.
Recap of New Features from Digg and StumbleUpon
While at Pubcon, WebProNews caught up with me and we did a quick interview.
We discussed the new trending feature on Digg and the beta changes to StumbleUpon’s complete site.
Enjoy:
Digg Trending: Does This Belong on the Homepage?
On October 28th, TechCrunch released a screenshot of the new Digg Trend feature they had acquired.
Digg Trending ‘identifies and highlights upcoming stories that have a high volume of activity (think Diggs, comments, favorites, shares, etc.). When we detect a new trending story, it will appear on the homepage for ten minutes. Based on the Digg and bury activity in those ten minutes the story will either become popular or not.’
Today they ran the first live test of the system on the Digg homepage, asking Digg users to help decide if the suggested story should be on the homepage or not?
Digg to Diggers: You’re a Cowboy No More!
Digg used to be wild and a place of rough and tough diggers, ready to digg all night and day at the expense of the poor local folk.
All that changed when they brought in ol’ Wyatt the Digg Watcher, who would quickly warn you if you were trying to digg too many stories in a 24 hour period.
Well apparently the time of the Digg cowboys is no more, as Digg has let ol’ Wyatt and his 200 diggs within 24 hours restriction retire.
Now Diggers can vote on as many stories as they like, but be warned… some users who have gone back to their wild and reckless digging ways have found their accounts banned.
So I would recommend you keep it below 200 per day to stay safe.
Update #1:
Jen Burton, who works at Digg, just commented the following: “Hey all – Hate to burst any bubbles, but there are still rate limits on Digging in place on the site; we just made a few changes. There is a new limit in place – sorry I’m not able to state it here. Also, note that we may continue to tweak the limits depending on need.”
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Brent Csutoras is a social media marketing consultant and entrepreneur, who specializes in social media marketing, content marketing, and viral content creation.
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