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I was there for about the same time period. In addition to the shift in the community, around that same time the front page began to be dominated by mediocrity

I was there for about the same time period. In addition to the shift in the community, around that same time the front page began to be dominated by mediocrity (daily mail anyone?). If you checked the history on any of the front page submitters it was obvious they were all in massive vote-collusion rings. Articles in these rings would instantly hit the front page with 200+ votes. The front page became irrelevent, and on Digg -- as opposed to its competitor Reddit -- there was not much else. I stopped visiting months before the v4 fiasco, but even then it was already long apparent that the essence of what made Digg special in the beginning was long gone.

dhughes 16y ago
Even places such as Slashdot are hard to get submissions accepted but I'd say that's due more to the sheer volume of submissions, not as much in past years but I'm sure Slashdot has a large user-base they've got at least a good eight years experience over Digg and Reddit. I mean even Anonymous users can submit at Slashdot. I'd say it's more than having your funny cat picture or that article everyone has seen 20 times posted because it's new to you it's the fact you can submit your post and let the community decide what to do instead of having everything outright rejected instantly - it makes for hard feelings and no sense of community. Believe it or not I think Digg is actually getting better community-wise, it seems the rats have left the sinking ship. edit: I certainly don't mean Kevin!