Digg has broken an axle

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I use to use DIGG a lot to keep up. Fact is it was a great way to stay on top of trends, but lately it is broken to the point of not working for more than a minute without crashing like major.

Traffic is way down and few stories are being added now. This hot property is joining myspace. Basically, as a has been the use to be great years ago.

Does anyone have an idea when it went off the rails or why?
#main internet marketing discussion forum #axle #broken #digg
  • Banned
    Several interesting articles on "The Death of Digg"
    I haven't visited or used it for ages. Chances of small blogs ever getting anywhere on Digg were always slim to none.

    Dig is Deadd
    Digg is Deadd - Website Magazine - Website Magazine

    Maybe Digg isn't quite so Deadd
    http://www.baekdal.com/insights/comp...-death-of-digg
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    • Digg has been giving me fits lately!

      Do you guys think it will ever return to normal?

      In my opinion, the biggest benefit of Digg has always been immediate indexing in Google. It gets your content noticed by the big "G" right away.

      But then my opinion and $1 will buy you any size soft drink at McDonalds (at participating locations)! So bear that in mind.
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  • Since this new release I think it jumped shark.
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    • I just logged in to Digg for the first time in ages. Apparently, the history of everything I've ever dugg is gone. My options now are to "follow" certain websites or people or something.

      Not sure what the point of Digg is now. It looks like they are trying to become Twitter or Facebook or something rather than a service for sharing content. As it is now, what's the point? I'm better off using Twitter or Facebook.

      I think Digg just shot themselves in their feet.
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  • It has more than a broken axle it has a terrible interface and bad site organization as compared to the hot competition.

    They should sort it out if they want me to even think about visiting.
  • I gave up om them a long time ago.
  • I haven't been able to log in properly for as far as I can remember...

    apparently reddit is the new digg

    just like facebook is the new myspace/friendster
  • I've been a Digger since 2006. I visit the site multiple times per day. I'm actually very sad that Digg would choose to abandon it's core purpose. If users can't submit their own content, Digg is no longer Digg. It's a glorified RSS reader.

    reddit.com: what's new online!

    Until Digg goes back to normal, I'll be on reddit.

    Matt
  • Banned
    Digg should have sold long time ago when it was valuable. But I never was a Digg fan. The big sites made the front pages all the time ...the little ones rarely saw the light of day. It was a clique.
  • Even before v4 it has lost the trust of small bloggers. In V3 Digg was under few influential members. This article address that problem clearly.


    Now it looks like, they tried to do something about that and the influential members are no up against the digg.

    I think the new services like snifd.com has more potential because of the niche targetting they are mentioning about.
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    • I used Digg for a year, quite intensively and I really have no idea what did they do with it or how to use it for my purposes. It looks like some sort of a Twitter hybrid... I'm probably ditching it.
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    Digg has broken an axle

    I use to use DIGG a lot to keep up. Fact is it was a great way to stay on top of trends, but lately it is broken to the point of not working for more than a minute without crashing like major. Traffic is way down and few stories are being added now. This hot property is joining myspace. Basically, as a has been the use to be great years ago.