An open letter to Kevin Rose from Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian

Digg's front page hasn't been controlled by the users in a long time. The new changes hand control over from an anonymous group of moderators to your friends and people you follow, which seems like an improvement.

Re: An open letter to Kevin Rose from Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian

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Post by seldo » Fri, May 28, 2010, 11:51 PM UTC

This is such obvious linkbait that it even admits "this title is linkbait" at the bottom. He means give the power back to Kevin Rose, which is exactly what appears to have happened recently. So... non-story.

Re: An open letter to Kevin Rose from Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian

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Post by ziadbc » Sat, May 29, 2010, 12:00 AM UTC

I do agree that these features are 'inspired' by other apps. Had they launched these in 2006 it'd be a copycat move. At this point, these are features that I think many users expect in something like digg. Facebook features have also been 'inspired' by other apps (i.e. twitter) and you can't argue with their growth. Digg has looked more like a forum and less like a startup for a long time, and this may be a catching up on lost ground, and a prelude to hopefully more innovative days.

Re: An open letter to Kevin Rose from Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian

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Post by staunch » Sat, May 29, 2010, 12:01 AM UTC

Digg has already shopped itself around to all the big buyers and they passed (explicitly or not). This move is an attempt by Digg to position themselves as a potential rival to Twitter and/or Facebook. Now all they need is one big dumb company that buys into that illusion.

Re: An open letter to Kevin Rose from Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian

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Post by silkodyssey » Sat, May 29, 2010, 12:03 AM UTC

kn0thing wrote: post #3

jmtame wrote: post #2

can it be confirmed that KR isn't making the calls anymore at digg?

Let me only confirm that I'm entirely speculating.

You don't like the direction Digg is going. If you were the one making the decisions what would you do?

Re: An open letter to Kevin Rose from Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian

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Post by mikeryan » Sat, May 29, 2010, 12:03 AM UTC

jmtame wrote: post #2

can it be confirmed that KR isn't making the calls anymore at digg?

My understanding is that KR is now back in charge, with more control then he's had in some time.

Re: An open letter to Kevin Rose from Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian

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Post by kierank » Sat, May 29, 2010, 12:04 AM UTC

I assume the April 1st 2011 reddit site redesign has been decided then.