Comments on: Why Digg and Reddit are Doomed (and Metafilter Isn’t) http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/10/30/digg-and-reddit-are-doomed-but-not-metafilter/ Productivity for Entrepreneurs, GTD Thu, 17 Dec 2009 07:03:03 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Interesting thought… | Oracle http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/10/30/digg-and-reddit-are-doomed-but-not-metafilter/comment-page-1/#comment-23277 Interesting thought… | Oracle Tue, 11 Aug 2009 09:48:06 +0000 http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/10/30/digg-and-reddit-are-doomed-but-not-metafilter/#comment-23277 [...] read this [...] [...] read this [...]

]]> By: jimmy s http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/10/30/digg-and-reddit-are-doomed-but-not-metafilter/comment-page-1/#comment-22802 jimmy s Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:57:00 +0000 http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/10/30/digg-and-reddit-are-doomed-but-not-metafilter/#comment-22802 i use the service ://URLFAN and their Buzz Radar which to me is more transparent in regards to whats going on the blogosphere<br><br><a href="http://www.urlfan.com/site/buzz_100/600.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.urlfan.com/site/buzz_100/600.html</a><br><br>urlfan crunches all the data from over a couple million rss feeds and tracks what's moving in the blogosphere. there's no human intervention so it's able to float top stories faster than the standard vote up/down digg and reddit use. according to alexa, urlfan is about to overtake reddit in terms of reach and rank. i use the service ://URLFAN and their Buzz Radar which to me is more transparent in regards to whats going on the blogosphere

http://www.urlfan.com/site/buzz_100/600.html

urlfan crunches all the data from over a couple million rss feeds and tracks what's moving in the blogosphere. there's no human intervention so it's able to float top stories faster than the standard vote up/down digg and reddit use. according to alexa, urlfan is about to overtake reddit in terms of reach and rank.

]]> By: Alpha Kilo Hotel http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/10/30/digg-and-reddit-are-doomed-but-not-metafilter/comment-page-1/#comment-21822 Alpha Kilo Hotel Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:15:37 +0000 http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/10/30/digg-and-reddit-are-doomed-but-not-metafilter/#comment-21822 [...] charges a one-time fee of $5 to actively participate on it’s website. Now, this idea isn’t exactly original, but I believe in can simplify Mr. Kelly’s theory a [...] [...] charges a one-time fee of $5 to actively participate on it’s website. Now, this idea isn’t exactly original, but I believe in can simplify Mr. Kelly’s theory a [...]

]]> By: desjardins http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/10/30/digg-and-reddit-are-doomed-but-not-metafilter/comment-page-1/#comment-21586 desjardins Sat, 09 Aug 2008 20:22:39 +0000 http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/10/30/digg-and-reddit-are-doomed-but-not-metafilter/#comment-21586 Angela, what are you talking about? To create a link in a Metafilter comment or post, you type the text (e.g., Here is a picture of penguins), click on the "link" button to the bottom right of the comment box, and paste the URL. Or you can use regular old HTML, i.e. <a href="www.google.com" rel="nofollow">Google</a> Angela, what are you talking about? To create a link in a Metafilter comment or post, you type the text (e.g., Here is a picture of penguins), click on the “link” button to the bottom right of the comment box, and paste the URL. Or you can use regular old HTML, i.e. Google

]]> By: rattata http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/10/30/digg-and-reddit-are-doomed-but-not-metafilter/comment-page-1/#comment-21572 rattata Fri, 08 Aug 2008 05:56:29 +0000 http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/10/30/digg-and-reddit-are-doomed-but-not-metafilter/#comment-21572 Yes. That linking system did require conscious thought to understand. Intuitiveness and simplicity is really the best thing for websites. Most of the links i saw on the front page that interested me were links that I'd already read that day on reddit. I don't think theres any answer to creating an idiotproof website. When something becomes widely trafficked, the culture gets diluted and what it originally was is lost. You can't change that. All you can do is hone your early adopter skills to always be on the lookout for the new stuff that hasn't been discovered yet. Yes. That linking system did require conscious thought to understand. Intuitiveness and simplicity is really the best thing for websites.

Most of the links i saw on the front page that interested me were links that I’d already read that day on reddit.

I don’t think theres any answer to creating an idiotproof website. When something becomes widely trafficked, the culture gets diluted and what it originally was is lost. You can’t change that.

All you can do is hone your early adopter skills to always be on the lookout for the new stuff that hasn’t been discovered yet.

]]> By: Angela Whanksbury http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/10/30/digg-and-reddit-are-doomed-but-not-metafilter/comment-page-1/#comment-21571 Angela Whanksbury Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:05:46 +0000 http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/10/30/digg-and-reddit-are-doomed-but-not-metafilter/#comment-21571 Now if only MetaFilter didn't use the pain in the butt linking system they do. [This link](http://example.net/)is an [example](http://example.net/) of [what](http://example.net/) [I](http://example.net/) [mean](http://example.net/). Now if only MetaFilter didn’t use the pain in the butt linking system they do. [This link](http://example.net/)is an [example](http://example.net/) of [what](http://example.net/) [I](http://example.net/) [mean](http://example.net/).

]]> By: Jason Adam http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/10/30/digg-and-reddit-are-doomed-but-not-metafilter/comment-page-1/#comment-21569 Jason Adam Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:02:21 +0000 http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/10/30/digg-and-reddit-are-doomed-but-not-metafilter/#comment-21569 I think Non-fan pretty much unknowingly proved your entire point. :) I think Non-fan pretty much unknowingly proved your entire point. :)

]]> By: bithead http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/10/30/digg-and-reddit-are-doomed-but-not-metafilter/comment-page-1/#comment-21568 bithead Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:01:32 +0000 http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/10/30/digg-and-reddit-are-doomed-but-not-metafilter/#comment-21568 I'm not sure that the metafilter comments and submissions are any better than those at reddit. Its layout isn't as clean as reddit's is, however. It comes across as cluttered, and submissions end being short articles themselves, and not very well put together for the most part. Nominal subscription fees aren't a bad idea. I’m not sure that the metafilter comments and submissions are any better than those at reddit. Its layout isn’t as clean as reddit’s is, however. It comes across as cluttered, and submissions end being short articles themselves, and not very well put together for the most part.

Nominal subscription fees aren’t a bad idea.

]]> By: JDW http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/10/30/digg-and-reddit-are-doomed-but-not-metafilter/comment-page-1/#comment-16870 JDW Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:21:26 +0000 http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/10/30/digg-and-reddit-are-doomed-but-not-metafilter/#comment-16870 Digg, Wikipedia, Reddit, and a lot more sites, are just full of self-important 12 year olds who want praise for their ability to string together combos of Google searches and paste what they find into a text editor. Who the hell would waste their time on a site like that instead of, I don't know, something productive? Digg, Wikipedia, Reddit, and a lot more sites, are just full of self-important 12 year olds who want praise for their ability to string together combos of Google searches and paste what they find into a text editor. Who the hell would waste their time on a site like that instead of, I don’t know, something productive?

]]> By: paul l mccord jr » Blog Archive » Why I Do Not Use Digg.com http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/10/30/digg-and-reddit-are-doomed-but-not-metafilter/comment-page-1/#comment-16577 paul l mccord jr » Blog Archive » Why I Do Not Use Digg.com Sun, 18 Nov 2007 20:09:47 +0000 http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/10/30/digg-and-reddit-are-doomed-but-not-metafilter/#comment-16577 [...] ran across a post on Brett Kelly’s blog about why he feels that Digg.com and Reddit will fail.  It is an opinion piece about the [...] [...] ran across a post on Brett Kelly’s blog about why he feels that Digg.com and Reddit will fail.  It is an opinion piece about the [...]

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