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It's rather telling that they're marketing Digg as a way to get traffic. Yes, it's good for that that, but that's not what it's for. It's (well, used to be) for
by blehn 16y ago
It's rather telling that they're marketing Digg as a way to get traffic. Yes, it's good for that that, but that's not what it's for. It's (well, used to be) for finding interesting news, articles, links, etc. Getting more people to post their own blogspam probably won't help the site much. And for the actual users, I think it'd be a little disheartening to see Rose trying to appeal to publishers rather than the community.
- nostromo 16y agoWell, he does start the video saying this preview is for publishers -- just as Google has done outreach to advertisers -- that's fine. When you compare this to FaceBook who wants publishers to put stupid like buttons on everything everywhere, I like this new Digg approach better. It's easier for publishers, and keeps the web from being overridden with "like me follow me save me" spam. However, FaceBook's strategy is much more conniving because by spreading widgets all over the web, they're collecting a lot of data about your browsing habits on third party sites. Digg won't get that from simple RSS feeds.