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The new Digg doesn't look terrible, by any stretch. But - the developers' insistence on an arbitrary six week push deadline when there clearly remain unsolved p
by irreverentbits 14y ago
The new Digg doesn't look terrible, by any stretch. But - the developers' insistence on an arbitrary six week push deadline when there clearly remain unsolved problems is fairly amateurish and reeks of self-indulgence.
Users /with existing expectations/ (which Digg invariably presents) do not care about "release early, release often." They want something that kicks ass and gets it right on the first try.
- johnmw 14y agoThey said the old Digg has very high operating costs. That may have been a factor in the rush to release the new site.
- irreverentbits 14y agoOh, fair enough. I am curious, though... what sort of operating costs might go into that? Moderators, curating content?
- robryan 14y agoKind of disagree, if users are still on the site to voice opinions that means they are pretty resilient. They aren't going to give up right away because the first release doesn't have everything.
- irreverentbits 14y agoMaybe. On the other hand, it seems like a fair amount of these opinions are "fuck this noise, I'm going to Reddit/etc." Don't get me wrong - I would absolutely love to see the new Digg rocket into popularity again... but I'm just not certain that's going to be the case.