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But if you look at where Pownce was going it looks like Kevin has liked some of these ideas for some time now.
Did we stop calling them tools?
Alexis, one of the problems with reddit, at least right now, is that there are just too many freaking people. I don't care about the majority of the users on the site. If there was a way to see reddit as it was 5 years ago when it was you and 10 other people, that would be great, and I think that is what the move digg has made here is trying to accomplish.
(Shameless plug for my site, which is embarrassing when compared to places like here, reddit, or digg, but still just as addictive to me: http://newslily.com - the part I'm talking about [show me what my friends are doing] is here: http://newslily.com/lilypad ])
Uhh...what? These are features that seem kindof obvious to me...I think they're awesome. In fact, this is really similar to something that I used to do on my website over a year ago (we stopped doing it because there weren't enough users to make it feasible at that time...some of the ideas still exist though). Alexis, one of the problems with reddit, at least right now, is that there are just too many freaking people…
I hope there is a setting for Top News to be the default, and maybe some way of matching people who you are compatible with Digging to set them as your Tastemakers, allowing a transition away from Top News to something more personalized.
Digg still crushes reddit in traffic. I'm not saying traffic is an indicator of profitablity, but it's apparent they are either marketing it better, or more people prefer it. Either way, it's tough to argue "with the people" based on the author's indication of importance. http://siteanalytics.compete.com/reddit.com+digg.com/
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.
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.
"back when "social media gurus" were simply called "tools."" Did we stop calling them tools?
Uhh...what? These are features that seem kindof obvious to me...I think they're awesome. In fact, this is really similar to something that I used to do on my website over a year ago (we stopped doing it because there weren't enough users to make it feasible at that time...some of the ideas still exist though). Alexis, one of the problems with reddit, at least right now, is that there are just too many freaking people…
My only issue with this is that it assumes my friends use Digg too, and they don't. Kevin speaks a little bit about "tastemakers" (how do I find them? Why do I trust them?) and "publishers" (which sounds a lot like RSS spam... right to you in Digg). I hope there is a setting for Top News to be the default, and maybe some way of matching people who you are compatible with Digging to set them as your Tastemakers, allow…
Right now, I use Google Reader to get content from feeds I personally selected. (so not RSS Spam, just publishers I selected myself) If I want to find links that are popular right now, I come on Hacker News (like I would on Digg, but I haven't checked it out in a long time), because the discovery/social aspect of Google Reader does not work for me. I also get links from friends on Facebook. Finally, on Twitter, I follow mostly what Kevin Rose calls "tastemakers" and sometimes get some links from them, amongst the general "what are you doing?" updates.
But if I just want to read some stuff, it's all separated.
Friends, tastemakers and publishers in the same interface could be a really good mix.
Basically, Digg can become the one-stop shop for links and articles: some from my friends, some from tastemakers, my RSS feeds, and I suppose also from the Digg users in general (friends or not). And I get the ability to share each of them in turn from that same interface.