Comments on: Why is everyone so down on Digg? http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/02/27/why-is-everyone-so-down-on-digg/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:58:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Mathew http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/02/27/why-is-everyone-so-down-on-digg/comment-page-1/#comment-586 Mathew Tue, 28 Feb 2006 02:21:06 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/index.php/2006/02/27/why-is-everyone-so-down-on-digg/#comment-586 True enough, Paul. And thanks for the comment, Eric -- and the compliment. Mathew True enough, Paul.

And thanks for the comment, Eric — and the compliment.

Mathew

]]> By: Eric Berlin http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/02/27/why-is-everyone-so-down-on-digg/comment-page-1/#comment-585 Eric Berlin Tue, 28 Feb 2006 02:12:09 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/index.php/2006/02/27/why-is-everyone-so-down-on-digg/#comment-585 I think that some are resistant to the communal power of digg and reddit for a variety of reasons: it's sloppy, it's geeky, it's low brow... it's not "cool" enough. I like digg, even though I wish it weren't so tech focused. I actually wish that some of these platforms (and MAN are there are a lot of start-ups out there trying to cash in on the digg-model) had a "blog" or even "Internet" category -- what's up with the lack of that? The reddit model is really fun in my view as you can vote comments up and down, which really satisfies some kind of primal e-urge! And that's the thing with digg and reddit -- they're satisfying platforms because they meet some kind of intuitive need to interact with both information and other community members at the same time. I'm afraid to say that like it or not resistance truly is futile. As a side note, you've emerged as my favorite tech blogger Mathew, awesome stuff as always ! I think that some are resistant to the communal power of digg and reddit for a variety of reasons: it’s sloppy, it’s geeky, it’s low brow… it’s not “cool” enough.

I like digg, even though I wish it weren’t so tech focused. I actually wish that some of these platforms (and MAN are there are a lot of start-ups out there trying to cash in on the digg-model) had a “blog” or even “Internet” category — what’s up with the lack of that? The reddit model is really fun in my view as you can vote comments up and down, which really satisfies some kind of primal e-urge!

And that’s the thing with digg and reddit — they’re satisfying platforms because they meet some kind of intuitive need to interact with both information and other community members at the same time.

I’m afraid to say that like it or not resistance truly is futile.

As a side note, you’ve emerged as my favorite tech blogger Mathew, awesome stuff as always !

]]> By: Paul Kedrosky http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/02/27/why-is-everyone-so-down-on-digg/comment-page-1/#comment-584 Paul Kedrosky Tue, 28 Feb 2006 00:15:20 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/index.php/2006/02/27/why-is-everyone-so-down-on-digg/#comment-584 Mathew -- I'm assuming your question was rhetorical. Because the reason why people are down on Digg [<em>Ed. Cheap alliteration!</em>] is the obvious one: It's easy to be down on Digg. Technologists don't like it because the underlying code is a hack (I get coders sending me sniffingly dismissive notes weekly about how easy it would be to do a Digg); and media sorts think Digg is declasse. After all, it's .... incoherent ... overly broad ... full of shock schlock ... and so on. Put the two together, and you have duelling constituencies of noisy Digg dissers [<em>Ed. Enough with the "ds" already!</em>]. Mathew — I’m assuming your question was rhetorical. Because the reason why people are down on Digg [Ed. Cheap alliteration!] is the obvious one: It’s easy to be down on Digg.

Technologists don’t like it because the underlying code is a hack (I get coders sending me sniffingly dismissive notes weekly about how easy it would be to do a Digg); and media sorts think Digg is declasse. After all, it’s …. incoherent … overly broad … full of shock schlock … and so on.

Put the two together, and you have duelling constituencies of noisy Digg dissers [Ed. Enough with the "ds" already!].

]]> By: news aggregator | View from the Isle Community http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/02/27/why-is-everyone-so-down-on-digg/comment-page-1/#comment-19725 news aggregator | View from the Isle Community Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/index.php/2006/02/27/why-is-everyone-so-down-on-digg/#comment-19725 <!--%kramer-pre%--> Mathew zapped out a piece that I wish I had written ... "Why is everyone so down on Digg?".  Sure, there is a lot of dreck on Digg.  Of course there is a lot of dreck on tech.memorandum too, but because Digg is a socially driven site, it makes an easy target.  No, I don't get a ton of scoops from Digg, but I do come across really<!--%kramer-post%--> Mathew zapped out a piece that I wish I had written … “Why is everyone so down on Digg?”.  Sure, there is a lot of dreck on Digg.  Of course there is a lot of dreck on tech.memorandum too, but because Digg is a socially driven site, it makes an easy target.  No, I don’t get a ton of scoops from Digg, but I do come across really

]]> By: Main Page -- A View from the Isle http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/02/27/why-is-everyone-so-down-on-digg/comment-page-1/#comment-19726 Main Page -- A View from the Isle Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/index.php/2006/02/27/why-is-everyone-so-down-on-digg/#comment-19726 <!--%kramer-pre%--> Mathew zapped out a piece that I wish I had written ... "Why is everyone so down on Digg?".  Sure, there is a lot of dreck on Digg.  Of course there is a lot of dreck on tech.memorandum too, but because Digg is a socially driven site, it makes an easy target.  No, I don't get a ton of scoops from Digg, but I do come across really<!--%kramer-post%--> Mathew zapped out a piece that I wish I had written … “Why is everyone so down on Digg?”.  Sure, there is a lot of dreck on Digg.  Of course there is a lot of dreck on tech.memorandum too, but because Digg is a socially driven site, it makes an easy target.  No, I don’t get a ton of scoops from Digg, but I do come across really

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