There is life before Digg, and then life after Digg

Posted by zeth 1337
February 27, 2006

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You say you want a revolution?

Something big is happening, and you will regret it the rest of your life if you fail to take notice and take part now. That’s a big statement, and I don’t normally make such bold claims. This is different, though.

The revolution is Digg.com, a social news site. What is social news? The concept means anyone can post a link on Digg to their own writing, and everyone else evaluates and judges if the post is good or not. Good posts get ‘diggs’, and generating enough ‘diggs’ gets your post moved to the digg.com front page, where many more people see it and arrive at your virtual doorstep.


Why is this so revolutionary? The awesome power lies in the speed and relevancy of information that users can control using Digg.com.

First, news is breaking on Digg.com much faster than in any other mass media outlet anywhere in the world. Scan the news at Digg.com for a few minutes a few times throughout the day, and you will see it happen.

Second, the relevancy of information is the power that is drawing millions of users to Digg.com. The headlines are extremely easy to scan for information interesting to you. Using Firefox is the best way to do this, since you can quickly right-click an interesting link and select it to load in a new tab. You also have numerous options for customizing the categories of stories that are presented to you.

Imagine if our local news media allowed users to scan the numerous stories that the editors see everyday, and allowed those users to vote on which ones were most interesting to them, then only broadcast at 5/6/10PM or published in the daily paper those stories that users had ranked the highest? (I doubt we would have any more Live from Wal-Mart stories leading the news hour anymore.)

Don’t just take my word for it, read what about the epiphany a real journalist had about the Digg.com revolution.

So anyways, go to Digg.com, go every day, you’ll be amazed at what you find over time. You’ll be glad you got in early on this phenomenon, and you’ll be riding a little higher on the wave of not only technology but also society.

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Idaho Falls Today! Comment # 1 by Joe Vandal on September 22, 2006 @ 12:01 pm  
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Actually,

http://digg.originalsignal.com/

is a little better to view the same Digg information, but much better organized by topics and best stories today or in the last week.

I also prefer how it just shows the headlines instead of the little paragraph of intro text. If you want to see the intro text, all you have to do is hover over the link.

They also have a digg category now for the best online videos from youtube, google, etc.

I recommend the SNL natalie portman rap, pretty funny (very explicit though).

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