Comments on: Is Digg still relevant?

By: CrankMyChain!

CrankMyChain! — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 07:22:14 +0000

So where is the digg button here? My recent post Cyclists Dont Lose Your Rear Blinky

By: uberVU - social comments

uberVU - social comments — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:14:28 +0000

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By: Jeremy Person

Jeremy Person — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:29:19 +0000

Great question and I think what you may be asking is "will Digg still remain relevant in the future". We know it certainly is still relevant today with 40 million visitors, 500 million page views a month, 20,000 daily submissions, 170,000 daily Diggs, and 19,000 daily comments (source: http://gigaom.com/2010/03/11/digg-cassandara/).

I think online news in general still isn't anywhere as social as consumers of that content want it to be so I still see Digg as very relevant. Other social networks may have more users but many of them are "closed" where Digg for the most part remains "open". I think Digg is smart by tapping into other social networks to improve its algorithm. I found the revenue portion of the article most interesting. Digg most likely is concerned with the amount of content and data Facebook has to draw upon from their users. Likewise Digg surely wants to get as much information from their users to gain insight in the likes and dislikes of its users so they can serve up and sell very personalized ads.
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By: Andre

Andre — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:52:26 +0000

I don't think it is and I've felt that way for some time now.

By: jdbasketball

jdbasketball — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:24:04 +0000

i still like digg! go digg planet!!