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Maybe there's room in the market for a third big player* now? Digg's reputation has gone down the toilet and is declining. Reddit has taken over 1st place but

by relix 16y ago

Maybe there's room in the market for a third big player* now? Digg's reputation has gone down the toilet and is declining. Reddit has taken over 1st place but they have a few problems: First, Conde Nast doesn't supply them with enough resources compared to their popularity. This makes the user experience painfully slow, and the site is down even more times than Twitter was in the early days. They also don't have a designer which makes the usability bad. Third, they lack the creativity to make money off their huge userbase. I'm sure these three reasons are related. If a start-up would be launched now it could even exploit the recent delicious-catastrophe by importing those links. This could bootstrap the community and content, and it'd make for some good marketing. * I still count 4chan as an underground site, but maybe they are the third player. They're niche though, so let's say there's still room even then.

jokermatt999 16y ago
They also don't have a designer which makes the usability bad. I've heard this repeated a number of times, and I completely disagree with it. Reddit may not be the prettiest site on the block, but it's damn functional. There is very little unnecessary stuff on the screen, and I quite like it that way. I tend to turn off custom subreddit styles because they takae away from the minimal, functional interface. I've heard people talk about "improving reddit and HN's design", but I've never seen any clear examples of where they think it's bad. I still count 4chan as an underground site, but maybe they are the third player. They're niche though, so let's say there's still room even then. 4chan's an entirely different category. They're less about linksharing, and more about...well, whatever the hell they are. I don't think I'd put them anywhere near Digg or Reddit except for the fact that they both have memes. That's pretty much the only comparison.

by relix 16y ago

jokermatt999 16y ago

They also don't have a designer which makes the usability bad. I've heard this repeated a number of times, and I completely disagree with it. Reddit may not be the prettiest site on the block, but it's damn functional. There is very little unnecessary stuff on the screen, and I quite like it that way. I tend to turn off custom subreddit styles because they takae away from the minimal, functional interface. I've heard people talk about "improving reddit and HN's design", but I've never seen any clear examples of where they think it's bad. I still count 4chan as an underground site, but maybe they are the third player. They're niche though, so let's say there's still room even then. 4chan's an entirely different category. They're less about linksharing, and more about...well, whatever the hell they are. I don't think I'd put them anywhere near Digg or Reddit except for the fact that they both have memes. That's pretty much the only comparison.