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Revision as of 19:08, 15 August 2005
- The title of this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. The correct title is digg.
digg is a rapidly growing website that emphasizes technology news. It combines social bookmarking, blogging, syndication (RSS), and non-hierarchical, more democratic, editorial control. News stories and websites are submitted by users, then promoted to the front page through a user-based ranking system. This differs from the hierarchical editorial system that many other news sites use.
How digg works
Readers can view all of the stories which have been submitted by fellow users in the "digg all" section of the site. Once a story has received enough "diggs", roughly 15 or more within a certain time period, it is instantly promoted to the top of the main page. Should the story not receive enough diggs, or is reported, it eventually falls out of the digg area queue.
Articles are short summaries of stories on other websites with links to the stories, and provisions for readers to comment on the story. All content and access to the site is free, but registration is compulsory for certain elements. There elements include promoting and submitting stories as well as commenting on submitted stories. digg also allows for stories to be posted to a user's blog automatically when he or she diggs a story.
digg users, as of August, 2005, number in excess of 22,000.
Submission Categories
Stories can be submitted in sixteen different categories, which include:
- Deals
- Gaming
- Links
- Mods
- Music
- Robots
- Security
- Technology
- Apple
- Design
- Hardware
- Linux/Unix
- Movies
- Programming
- Science
- Software
A seperate category titled digg News is reserved for special announcements relating to the site, and can only be used by digg administrators.
Creators of digg
The site was created in November 2004 by Jerimiah Udy and Kevin Rose, who plays an active role in its daily operation. Also, Rose and his former Screen Savers co-host Alex Albrecht host a weekly podcast called Diggnation where they discuss the top links and general news about the site.
Versions of the site
The site recently updated to version 2.0 which added some new features such as friends and a new interface design that was was created by Daniel Burka of the web design company Silverorange. Daniel is also known for his redesign of the Mozilla Foundation's website. After the redesign, some users complained about the lack of a simplistic version. Kevin Rose has stated there will eventually be a feature which will allow a loged in user to switch between minimalistic and default layouts.
See also
- Slashdot — A popular discussion site founded by Rob Malda and uses a moderated approach.
- Technocrat.net — A similar forum to Slashdot, intended to be more mature, managed by Bruce Perens.
- Kuro5hin — A technology and culture discussion site founded and visited by Slashdot expatriates.
- Everything2 — Meta-information database run by Slashdot founders.
- Plastic.com — A political news forum running on SlashCode.