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I'm going to toot my own horn, here. Almost three years ago to the day I wrote an article outlining what Digg should do in light of the launch of the Facebook
by jfarmer 16y ago
I'm going to toot my own horn, here. Almost three years ago to the day I wrote an article outlining what Digg should do in light of the launch of the Facebook Platform:
1. Digg should become the default way people like and share things on the web and, in particular, Facebook.
2. Digg should reflect shared content through the social graph, vs. showing me an aggregate view of all activity in the world. The former is social, the latter is not.
3. Digg should have a concerted Facebook strategy to accelerate their growth, focusing particularly on the Facebook feed (which was less than a year old at the time).
Three years later Digg is just getting around to this, but Facebook has already gotten to (1) and (2) with their "like" button and their new connect implementation.
Ho hum. To little too late? Sites like http://likebutton.me/ http://likebutton.me/ are in many ways more compelling than digg, which is still dominated by stories that appeal to a very narrow demographic.
http://20bits.com/articles/5-ways-to-improve-the-digg-app/ http://20bits.com/articles/5-ways-to-improve-the-digg-app/
Also, FWIW, Eli White from Digg responded to my article noting the technical difficulty in implementing some of my suggestions -- difficulties which were shortly eliminated by changes to the Facebook platform. So I know at least someone at Digg read it.