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Why are there two sections on the Digg bar? I am deleting the one under criticism (as the bar is being rolled back by Digg) and retaining the one under history.
Surely this would only be of encyclopedic interest if it were a professional news outlet, whose articles were written by their own staff? The stories are submitted and upvoted by its userbase, and I don't see any other social bookmarking site articles have a criticism section regarding the prefered politics of its userbase. 62.56.124.189 ( talk) 01:12, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
I edited the "Liberal bias" section to (a) remove weasel words ( WP:WEASEL) and (b) specify what kind of bias and who is biased. To be honest I don't think the section is worthwhile. It is less an observation about Digg, and more an observation about the online mobilisation of liberal political supporters. Pat Conheady ( talk) 21:38, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
I have to agree with these sentiments and think the section should be scrapped all together. Digg is not a formal media outlet or even a blog and doesn't report or purport to be unbiased nor does it have a responsibility to be so. It just posts links. And if the majority of Digg users happen to chose articles critical of those on the right or from sources on the left, then the same could happen on the other side. To use the word "bias" implies far too much about the purpose and format of Digg itself. Another noticeable thing about the section is that perhaps, maybe, if there was some kind of study done by an unbiased source that could prove a liberal "bias," it might be deserving of a section. -- Sparrowhawk64 ( talk) 08:53, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
It seems unfair for a site to drive more traffic to liberal opinion the conservative. Diggs policy states
With the intention of artificially inflating or altering the 'digg count', comments, or any other Digg service, including by way of creating separate user accounts for the purpose of artificially altering Digg's services; giving or receiving money or other remuneration in exchange for votes; or participating in any other organized effort that in any way artificially alters the results of Digg's services;
The source was PBS it's government. Policeforcer ( talk) 23:05, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
Change the digg image back please. Some ( Personal attack removed) vandalized it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Paul1991 ( talk • contribs) 21:52, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BySUXfs-3E&feature=player_embedded
Macshill ( talk) 04:22, 26 March 2010 (UTC)
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Massive Censorship of Digg Uncovered
This obviously should be part of the article.
I've often suspected the same thing has been happening here on Wikipedia. 4.246.204.199 ( talk) 02:26, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
An edit was made recently ( diff) that labeled the DiggPatriots group as "far right wing" rather than "conservative". I've reverted these changes because I feel they fall under the WP:LABEL guideline in the Manual of Style. In addition, the edit was made by an Anonymous user whose edit summary reads "These people are Fascists, not conservatives." Please discuss further changes to this article's labeling of this group; inflammatory language is against the core principle of Neutral Point of View. Amit ► 13:15, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
"The traffic has fallen 32 percent" Did that fact come from somewhere? 32% seems like it's probably overstated. diff ~a ( user • talk • contribs) 16:55, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
Trust the wikipedia mob to expurgate well referenced truths:
http://www.fastcompany.com/1690829/traffic-plummets-26-after-digg-redesign Digg Redesigns, Loses More Than a Quarter of Audience
And look at what the other guy said, ridiculous: He quotes some unnamed "research" that pretty much negates the validity of ANY research on internet usage. Hahahaha. So because someone said 78.5% of internet stats are made up we should assume digg isn't in the supposed 21.5%... Absolutely incredible what this site will let people with agendas get away with. 85.73.85.33 ( talk) 04:12, 25 September 2010 (UTC)
This article overly simplifies the true nature of the consequences of digg v4 and its relative demise. Just look at the number of diggs and comments as compared to a few months ago. Not a lot of people visit digg anymore. Why is this article hiding this fact? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.113.40.1 ( talk) 22:58, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
The timeline mentions several Digg Spy / Big Spy things but the page has no explanation of those nor links to other pages about them. Either they are important and need description or irrelevant and need removal. Which is it? -- 69.232.198.227 ( talk) 05:01, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
"In an open letter to Rose, Alexis Ohanian, founder of rival site Reddit, said: 'this new version of digg reeks of VC meddling.'"
The term "VC" doesn't appear elsewhere in the article, and our page VC doesn't seem to have this usage.
What does "VC" mean? If it's a Digg thing, then we should include a quick definition in our article.
-- 187.67.203.186 ( talk) 23:58, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
Should the first paragraph be reworded now? [1] 67.246.231.115 ( talk)
References
When was the android app discontinued? This should be reflected in the article. Dtaylor05 ( talk) 18:30, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
This should be add to the article. Digg's engineering team was hired by SocialCode, a subsidiary of the Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/socialcode-hires-15-employees-from-diggcom/2012/05/10/gIQAP2xBFU_story.html http://about.digg.com/blog/digg-engineering-team-joins-socialcode Dtaylor05 ( talk) 13:59, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
I'm copy-editing this article to improve clarity, fix errors in grammar and spelling, and tie together information that has been added to the article piece-meal.
Beyond the observable facts, I'm not undertaking any in-depth inquiries into issues of fact/opinion/bias/etc. I think that is better done by people already familiar with the issues and contributing to this talk page. If that's you, feel free to add to my copy-editing with updated info :)
(talk to) Caroline Sanford 10:45, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
The following information about the Digg algorithm needs to be expanded then re-inserted into the article:
If you have a general understanding of Digg's algorithm, please add facts and more sources. Since Digg is, essentially, a bunch of users and a bloody great algorithm, more information would be useful to readers.
(talk to) Caroline Sanford 14:31, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
I removed this sentence: "Whether this spike in traffic can be attributed to Digg is difficult to assess; in many cases, stories appear on several popular bookmarking sites simultaneously." - it's not cited, and I doubt it can be. The Digg effect can easily be assessed with use of tools like Google Analytics. I'm personally amazed a sentence like this makes it on to Wikipedia in the first place. It's a strawman fallacy no less. Sudopeople ( talk) 20:38, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
Section History>Redesign: Maybe the twitter announcement was on June 20? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2003:62:4B0E:FF01:A11:96FF:FE94:A888 ( talk) 08:31, 25 January 2014 (UTC)
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Lots of 502 errors. Did manage to see it once, but clicking on a tab triggered another 502. Dead or deathly sick. What I briefly saw looked like a page of clickbait ads. I think the article should be reworded to describe Digg as a historical artifact. (Now I can't even recall what reminded me of the website's former existence. My browser indicates I last visited in 2013.) Shanen ( talk) 21:42, 31 July 2021 (UTC)
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Why are there two sections on the Digg bar? I am deleting the one under criticism (as the bar is being rolled back by Digg) and retaining the one under history.
Surely this would only be of encyclopedic interest if it were a professional news outlet, whose articles were written by their own staff? The stories are submitted and upvoted by its userbase, and I don't see any other social bookmarking site articles have a criticism section regarding the prefered politics of its userbase. 62.56.124.189 ( talk) 01:12, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
I edited the "Liberal bias" section to (a) remove weasel words ( WP:WEASEL) and (b) specify what kind of bias and who is biased. To be honest I don't think the section is worthwhile. It is less an observation about Digg, and more an observation about the online mobilisation of liberal political supporters. Pat Conheady ( talk) 21:38, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
I have to agree with these sentiments and think the section should be scrapped all together. Digg is not a formal media outlet or even a blog and doesn't report or purport to be unbiased nor does it have a responsibility to be so. It just posts links. And if the majority of Digg users happen to chose articles critical of those on the right or from sources on the left, then the same could happen on the other side. To use the word "bias" implies far too much about the purpose and format of Digg itself. Another noticeable thing about the section is that perhaps, maybe, if there was some kind of study done by an unbiased source that could prove a liberal "bias," it might be deserving of a section. -- Sparrowhawk64 ( talk) 08:53, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
It seems unfair for a site to drive more traffic to liberal opinion the conservative. Diggs policy states
With the intention of artificially inflating or altering the 'digg count', comments, or any other Digg service, including by way of creating separate user accounts for the purpose of artificially altering Digg's services; giving or receiving money or other remuneration in exchange for votes; or participating in any other organized effort that in any way artificially alters the results of Digg's services;
The source was PBS it's government. Policeforcer ( talk) 23:05, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
Change the digg image back please. Some ( Personal attack removed) vandalized it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Paul1991 ( talk • contribs) 21:52, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BySUXfs-3E&feature=player_embedded
Macshill ( talk) 04:22, 26 March 2010 (UTC)
Commas and periods go inside the quotes.
I spent a lot of time going through the article correcting punctuation error. Please see the example below. Thanks!
Correct: ...originally wanted to call the site "Dignation," ...
Not Correct: ...originally wanted to call the site "Dignation", ...
--
Q-cue (
talk) 07:59, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
Massive Censorship of Digg Uncovered
This obviously should be part of the article.
I've often suspected the same thing has been happening here on Wikipedia. 4.246.204.199 ( talk) 02:26, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
An edit was made recently ( diff) that labeled the DiggPatriots group as "far right wing" rather than "conservative". I've reverted these changes because I feel they fall under the WP:LABEL guideline in the Manual of Style. In addition, the edit was made by an Anonymous user whose edit summary reads "These people are Fascists, not conservatives." Please discuss further changes to this article's labeling of this group; inflammatory language is against the core principle of Neutral Point of View. Amit ► 13:15, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
"The traffic has fallen 32 percent" Did that fact come from somewhere? 32% seems like it's probably overstated. diff ~a ( user • talk • contribs) 16:55, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
Trust the wikipedia mob to expurgate well referenced truths:
http://www.fastcompany.com/1690829/traffic-plummets-26-after-digg-redesign Digg Redesigns, Loses More Than a Quarter of Audience
And look at what the other guy said, ridiculous: He quotes some unnamed "research" that pretty much negates the validity of ANY research on internet usage. Hahahaha. So because someone said 78.5% of internet stats are made up we should assume digg isn't in the supposed 21.5%... Absolutely incredible what this site will let people with agendas get away with. 85.73.85.33 ( talk) 04:12, 25 September 2010 (UTC)
This article overly simplifies the true nature of the consequences of digg v4 and its relative demise. Just look at the number of diggs and comments as compared to a few months ago. Not a lot of people visit digg anymore. Why is this article hiding this fact? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.113.40.1 ( talk) 22:58, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
The timeline mentions several Digg Spy / Big Spy things but the page has no explanation of those nor links to other pages about them. Either they are important and need description or irrelevant and need removal. Which is it? -- 69.232.198.227 ( talk) 05:01, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
"In an open letter to Rose, Alexis Ohanian, founder of rival site Reddit, said: 'this new version of digg reeks of VC meddling.'"
The term "VC" doesn't appear elsewhere in the article, and our page VC doesn't seem to have this usage.
What does "VC" mean? If it's a Digg thing, then we should include a quick definition in our article.
-- 187.67.203.186 ( talk) 23:58, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
Should the first paragraph be reworded now? [1] 67.246.231.115 ( talk)
References
When was the android app discontinued? This should be reflected in the article. Dtaylor05 ( talk) 18:30, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
This should be add to the article. Digg's engineering team was hired by SocialCode, a subsidiary of the Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/socialcode-hires-15-employees-from-diggcom/2012/05/10/gIQAP2xBFU_story.html http://about.digg.com/blog/digg-engineering-team-joins-socialcode Dtaylor05 ( talk) 13:59, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
I'm copy-editing this article to improve clarity, fix errors in grammar and spelling, and tie together information that has been added to the article piece-meal.
Beyond the observable facts, I'm not undertaking any in-depth inquiries into issues of fact/opinion/bias/etc. I think that is better done by people already familiar with the issues and contributing to this talk page. If that's you, feel free to add to my copy-editing with updated info :)
(talk to) Caroline Sanford 10:45, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
The following information about the Digg algorithm needs to be expanded then re-inserted into the article:
If you have a general understanding of Digg's algorithm, please add facts and more sources. Since Digg is, essentially, a bunch of users and a bloody great algorithm, more information would be useful to readers.
(talk to) Caroline Sanford 14:31, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
I removed this sentence: "Whether this spike in traffic can be attributed to Digg is difficult to assess; in many cases, stories appear on several popular bookmarking sites simultaneously." - it's not cited, and I doubt it can be. The Digg effect can easily be assessed with use of tools like Google Analytics. I'm personally amazed a sentence like this makes it on to Wikipedia in the first place. It's a strawman fallacy no less. Sudopeople ( talk) 20:38, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
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Lots of 502 errors. Did manage to see it once, but clicking on a tab triggered another 502. Dead or deathly sick. What I briefly saw looked like a page of clickbait ads. I think the article should be reworded to describe Digg as a historical artifact. (Now I can't even recall what reminded me of the website's former existence. My browser indicates I last visited in 2013.) Shanen ( talk) 21:42, 31 July 2021 (UTC)