New Digg Redesign

#1

Post by cliffchang » Sat, Jun 26, 2010, 12:28 AM UTC

Re: New Digg Redesign

#2

Post by jolie » Sat, Jun 26, 2010, 1:15 AM UTC

One thing we're really wondering is whether the redesign will make the site more democratic and each person's finds more relevant to their friends... and if Digg has managed to do all that in a way that won't piss off/alienate the power users.

Thoughts?

Re: New Digg Redesign

#3

Post by jamesshamenski » Sat, Jun 26, 2010, 1:48 AM UTC

if it's not in my reader or HN, then it's not relevant. HN really has been my replacement to Digg because their community is obsessed with cheap content.

Re: New Digg Redesign

#4

Post by andrewtj » Sat, Jun 26, 2010, 2:08 AM UTC

jolie wrote: post #2

One thing we're really wondering is whether the redesign will make the site more democratic and each person's finds more relevant to their friends... and if Digg has managed to do all that in a way that won't piss off/alienate the power users. Thoughts?

I don't think there's anything there that will make the site less shallow so the power users should still be quite at home.

Re: New Digg Redesign

#5

Post by rw » Sat, Jun 26, 2010, 2:18 AM UTC

How does Digg differentiate itself from Reddit?

Re: New Digg Redesign

#6

Post by fname » Sat, Jun 26, 2010, 2:24 AM UTC

Anyone else think of Facebook after seeing those screenshots? I know I did.

Re: New Digg Redesign

#7

Post by wanderboy » Sat, Jun 26, 2010, 2:24 AM UTC

jolie wrote: post #2

One thing we're really wondering is whether the redesign will make the site more democratic and each person's finds more relevant to their friends... and if Digg has managed to do all that in a way that won't piss off/alienate the power users. Thoughts?

I think Digg is at a stage now where power users are not only non-essential, but detrimental to its progress. If MrBabyMan stopped digging stories, those same stories would still find their way to the site - they often do, BEFORE he submits them.

Digg was at its best, IMO, when it focused only on the tech industry. Now that I can specify whose news I want to follow, I think any Digg user can create a niche Digg experience that harkens bark to that first version.

People are undervaluing what Digg is doing here - it's creating what I think is the best RSS reader available. Rather than subscribing to Mashable's RSS, TechCrunch's RSS and RWW's RSS, I have friends with similar taste adding content to "MY NEWS." Each one of these stories is something interesting enough to merit submission, whereas in a traditional RSS reader 1/10 of the TechCrunch posts would be one of those "Jason Calacanis: the Attention Whore" type of posts that Arrington publishes.

In short, Digg doesn't need power users, and its redesign is going to bring a lot of users back who liked the tech-centric Digg of old.

Re: New Digg Redesign

#8

Post by dmix » Sat, Jun 26, 2010, 3:04 AM UTC

fname wrote: post #6

Anyone else think of Facebook after seeing those screenshots? I know I did.

I found it similar to Quroa.

Re: New Digg Redesign

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Post by codingthewheel » Sat, Jun 26, 2010, 4:13 AM UTC

Building the Digg bar: $50,000

Removing the Digg bar: $15,000

Website redesign: $82,000

Never having alienated your users in the first place: priceless.

Re: New Digg Redesign

#10

Post by kloncks » Sat, Jun 26, 2010, 5:22 AM UTC

jamesshamenski wrote: post #3

if it's not in my reader or HN, then it's not relevant. HN really has been my replacement to Digg because their community is obsessed with cheap content.

You're actually satisfied with your RSS reader?