Comments on: Time To Bash Digg http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2006/11/27/time-to-bash-digg/ Movie Reviews, iPhone App Reviews, and Tech Commentary by Jason Kaneshiro Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:31:21 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Webomatica http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2006/11/27/time-to-bash-digg/comment-page-1/#comment-441 Webomatica Tue, 28 Nov 2006 17:40:44 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2006/11/27/time-to-bash-digg/#comment-441 Tunequestor that is a good observation. I think maybe the lack of care occurs when the number of users is so large that people ironically become more or less anonymous - kind of like how in a big city people figure "well I'll never see this person again" so they just act rude. One way digg could conceivably rectify this is make it clear who diggs a comment up or down. They already have a way of showing who diggs a certain story but who's going to browse through 1,000 users to pick out a person. At least with the comments, when I notice someone diggs my comment down for no clear reason (which for some reason happens to mine a lot) I could track that person down. It's the anonimity that makes people feel less accountable (as craigslist demonstrates). It's actually strange: a social site gets so popular that it actually becomes more anti-social because of the huge numbers. But ultimately, I don't have any clear answers or solutions which is why I'm blogging instead :) Tunequestor that is a good observation. I think maybe the lack of care occurs when the number of users is so large that people ironically become more or less anonymous – kind of like how in a big city people figure “well I’ll never see this person again” so they just act rude.

One way digg could conceivably rectify this is make it clear who diggs a comment up or down. They already have a way of showing who diggs a certain story but who’s going to browse through 1,000 users to pick out a person. At least with the comments, when I notice someone diggs my comment down for no clear reason (which for some reason happens to mine a lot) I could track that person down.

It’s the anonimity that makes people feel less accountable (as craigslist demonstrates). It’s actually strange: a social site gets so popular that it actually becomes more anti-social because of the huge numbers.

But ultimately, I don’t have any clear answers or solutions which is why I’m blogging instead :)

]]> By: tunequestor http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2006/11/27/time-to-bash-digg/comment-page-1/#comment-440 tunequestor Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:43:45 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2006/11/27/time-to-bash-digg/#comment-440 The thing I see missing from digg is a sense of community. Most visitors it seems, myself included, simply go to the site to find neat tricks, dumb videos and interesting commentary. Find it, read it, digg it and leave. Sometimes get caught up in the comments (which often are more enlightening than the source article). But really, I've been there a few months now and I've not noticed much care among the users of the site for the other users of the site. Sure you can bookmark "friends" and make links and connections, but it's all very utilitarian in the sense that "this person's links could benefit ME." There's not much incentive for site users to invest energy into improving it. Those people who do SEEM to care about the site often resort to yelling berating and complaining as though the site is their personal play thing without offering anything constructive. So digg continues to evolve into simply a place to score cheap info (for visitors) or cheap traffic (for submitters). The thing I see missing from digg is a sense of community. Most visitors it seems, myself included, simply go to the site to find neat tricks, dumb videos and interesting commentary. Find it, read it, digg it and leave. Sometimes get caught up in the comments (which often are more enlightening than the source article).

But really, I’ve been there a few months now and I’ve not noticed much care among the users of the site for the other users of the site. Sure you can bookmark “friends” and make links and connections, but it’s all very utilitarian in the sense that “this person’s links could benefit ME.” There’s not much incentive for site users to invest energy into improving it. Those people who do SEEM to care about the site often resort to yelling berating and complaining as though the site is their personal play thing without offering anything constructive.

So digg continues to evolve into simply a place to score cheap info (for visitors) or cheap traffic (for submitters).

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