I am so happy I get to write a blog about Digg.com. Digg is a social news and social bookmarking site for the internet. It is a place where users choose the stories and then vote on what is important. These topics can range from a Ron Paul speech to a "noob" getting "pwned" in Halo 3.
Accompanying the website are one of the creators and his friend, Kevin (creator) and Alex (former TV Show co-host). They add so much to the website by adding personality in the video podcasts. All they do is drink while going over 2-5 stories and reading viewer emails.
Digg.com is a great site where communities develop. You can definitely notice the same people generating the best stories and commenting on stories. A great thing about this is that different communities sprout up under different topics, and some communities span the wide-range of options that is Digg.com.
Digg is all about good times with fun and interesting stories. It is the new way of getting news - scary but true. People are checking out Digg.com and other sites similar over BBC NEWS.com or CNN. I am a little scared as the stories from Digg are always one-sided and brief.
I love Digg, and I have been a user since the beginning... Can ya Digg it?
Monday, October 8, 2007
Can Ya Digg iT?
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To be honest with you, I don't really care about news much besides the random headlines that flash across gmail (interest pieces), news affecting the financial markets, and international news. To me, citizen journalism isn't very interesting, and the biases exhibited in, oftentimes, distorted or misleading or news stories from unofficial sources just don't appeal to me. I'm glad that you enjoy Digg so much, and that you've enjoyed it from its very beginning, but it just doesn't appeal to me. Informative post, though!
P.S. You may want to look into stepping up your L337... try "n00b" or the more common "nub."
I can decide if citizen journalism is a good or a bad thing, like you pointed out. I know that sice I have been introduced to these sites I would rather get my news from these than a typical newspaper website, but what kind of stories will I be getting now? I don't know if I am about to learn a lot more than I have in the past or if I will be missing out on what professional news has to offer.
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