OK.. great story, but lets talk about the "New Digg" for the moment instead:
It looks as though Digg has absolutely betrayed their users with this latest update. The main issue is that in order to view UPCOMING STORIES (ie: recently submitted stories BEFORE they have 100's of diggs and are promoted to the Top News section) you are now required to "follow" particular user profiles in order to see any upcoming news stories. Having to pre-select user profiles to view and digg upcoming news completely defeats what Digg was all about.
You used to be able to see upcoming submissions from *any* user on this site. But now (if I understand this correctly) I can't browse any recently submitted stories (those stories with just 1 digg) unless I "follow" their profile first. I mean Holy s**t! From the very beginning Digg was all about random people finding random stories that random people submitted and digging the ones they liked. But now Digg is telling me I have to pre-select all of my upcoming news by choosing to follow particular users. What in the world made them think their users would embrace this idea?
Instead of being able to view a sea of submissions from ANY Digg user I am now forced to pick and choose the users that I want to see news from. The thing is... what I want is to see is the news from EVERYONE. By forcing us to follow user profiles Digg is just trying to expose it's users to the publishers, brands, advertisers and all people who represent the most value to Digg. Make no mistake... this update is meant to marginalize the random users who only get one or two promotions to the home page in their lifetime, and it's meant to force feed you the content from users and companies that help make Digg profitable. This new system totally discourages the "random user" from ever submitting new stories because they have very few followers to begin with!
It's not that I don't want to see stories submitted by the Telegraph or Time or Engaget or users like MrBabyMan... but I also want to know that ANYONE and EVERYONE has a chance to have their story seen by ANY user at ANY time. How the hell am I supposed to know which random user is going to submit the next story I'm interested in? I don't know! I've read a lot of upcoming stories that were great but never made it to the home page. I would NEVER have thought to follow those users in the first place.
Digg is LIMITING the amount and the type of content it's users can see and they are actually spinning it as though they have now given their users "a choice". A choice! I have BOOKMARKS for the content that I have already *chosen* to follow!! I come to Digg to find the random news that I don't expect to find with my bookmarks - and Digg has now removed the main feature that brought me to this site almost every day so that they could instead force me to view content that is more profitable for them.
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(Note: Some people are confused, thinking that I am not aware of the Top News section. I am. I know I can go there to read stories by users that I do not "follow". However the point of my post is about the *upcoming* news section - recently submitted stories with 1 digg before they ever get to the Top News section. How do you think stories make it to the front page with 100's of diggs? You have to start digging them from somewhere... and now Digg has restircted that pool of new, upcoming stories to only the selected user profiles that you have chosen to follow)
I love every time Jon Stewart gets involved in this stuff. The conservatives never have him on because the man knows what he's talking about, he's not just a comedian reading a teleprompter. Jon needs to go debate some of these clowns.
Brilliant segment. Political guys like O'reilly lump him into celebrity status and not worth while listening to for political conversation or debate. Then again anyone on Fox News thinks no one is worth listening to on CNN (or anyone condoning CNN ala Jon Stewart).
I REALLY miss the upcoming stories. Digg did such a good job identifying topics that I was interested in and presenting them to me in that section. Really, I can't believe it's gone.
You should have seen Digg in the good ole days, before Digg was twitterized and bastardized. This new digg sucks. The color scheme is not pretty, it hurts my f**king eyes just typing this comment; I can barely even see what the f**k I'm typing!
Stupidevil -- is a condition in which a persons clever greed overrides their sanity; as in, stealing the oar from another person on your own life raft, or perhaps, eating the last chicken on earth when it was about to lay some fertile eggs.
Yeah, it's really sad that the IMPORTANT points all get made on the Daily Show, and the News Media turns a blind eye to reality.
dawgmaAug 26, 2010Buried
OK.. great story, but lets talk about the "New Digg" for the moment instead:
It looks as though Digg has absolutely betrayed their users with this latest update. The main issue is that in order to view UPCOMING STORIES (ie: recently submitted stories BEFORE they have 100's of diggs and are promoted to the Top News section) you are now required to "follow" particular user profiles in order to see any upcoming news stories. Having to pre-select user profiles to view and digg upcoming news completely defeats what Digg was all about.
You used to be able to see upcoming submissions from *any* user on this site. But now (if I understand this correctly) I can't browse any recently submitted stories (those stories with just 1 digg) unless I "follow" their profile first. I mean Holy s**t! From the very beginning Digg was all about random people finding random stories that random people submitted and digging the ones they liked. But now Digg is telling me I have to pre-select all of my upcoming news by choosing to follow particular users. What in the world made them think their users would embrace this idea?
Instead of being able to view a sea of submissions from ANY Digg user I am now forced to pick and choose the users that I want to see news from. The thing is... what I want is to see is the news from EVERYONE. By forcing us to follow user profiles Digg is just trying to expose it's users to the publishers, brands, advertisers and all people who represent the most value to Digg. Make no mistake... this update is meant to marginalize the random users who only get one or two promotions to the home page in their lifetime, and it's meant to force feed you the content from users and companies that help make Digg profitable. This new system totally discourages the "random user" from ever submitting new stories because they have very few followers to begin with!
It's not that I don't want to see stories submitted by the Telegraph or Time or Engaget or users like MrBabyMan... but I also want to know that ANYONE and EVERYONE has a chance to have their story seen by ANY user at ANY time. How the hell am I supposed to know which random user is going to submit the next story I'm interested in? I don't know! I've read a lot of upcoming stories that were great but never made it to the home page. I would NEVER have thought to follow those users in the first place.
Digg is LIMITING the amount and the type of content it's users can see and they are actually spinning it as though they have now given their users "a choice". A choice! I have BOOKMARKS for the content that I have already *chosen* to follow!! I come to Digg to find the random news that I don't expect to find with my bookmarks - and Digg has now removed the main feature that brought me to this site almost every day so that they could instead force me to view content that is more profitable for them.
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(Note: Some people are confused, thinking that I am not aware of the Top News section. I am. I know I can go there to read stories by users that I do not "follow". However the point of my post is about the *upcoming* news section - recently submitted stories with 1 digg before they ever get to the Top News section. How do you think stories make it to the front page with 100's of diggs? You have to start digging them from somewhere... and now Digg has restircted that pool of new, upcoming stories to only the selected user profiles that you have chosen to follow)
lanceivarAug 24, 2010Buried
Its really sad that the most enlightening journalism in the US is found on Comedy Central.
lbuchaAug 24, 2010Buried
This was a genius segment...
bjenidlesAug 24, 2010Buried
Canadian mirror:
http://watch.thecomedynetwork.ca/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart/full-episodes/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart---august-23-2010/#clip340015
UK mirror:
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart/4od
terosteroAug 26, 2010Buried
This just in: New Digg is both evil AND stupid.
elbeardeAug 24, 2010Buried
I'd love to see Fox & Friends try to respond to this, but what the f**k would you say?
fenririiiAug 24, 2010Buried
I love every time Jon Stewart gets involved in this stuff. The conservatives never have him on because the man knows what he's talking about, he's not just a comedian reading a teleprompter. Jon needs to go debate some of these clowns.
redux09Aug 26, 2010Buried
In other news, DIGG f**kING SUCKS
thegravachAug 24, 2010Buried
STUPEVIL
Fox audience - STUPID
MSM - Yawn - Why can't real news agencies do stories like this one?
Keep em coming Daily Show
brettattackAug 24, 2010Buried
Brilliant segment. Political guys like O'reilly lump him into celebrity status and not worth while listening to for political conversation or debate. Then again anyone on Fox News thinks no one is worth listening to on CNN (or anyone condoning CNN ala Jon Stewart).
thewhitsAug 24, 2010Buried
This should be required viewing for anybody who watches Fox.
inajeepAug 24, 2010Buried
It is an obvious and logical conclusion. Stop watching FUD Fox News
treehugger87Aug 26, 2010Buried
I REALLY miss the upcoming stories. Digg did such a good job identifying topics that I was interested in and presenting them to me in that section. Really, I can't believe it's gone.
sierrabravoAug 26, 2010Buried
You should have seen Digg in the good ole days, before Digg was twitterized and bastardized. This new digg sucks. The color scheme is not pretty, it hurts my f**king eyes just typing this comment; I can barely even see what the f**k I'm typing!
http://www.old.digg.com PLEASE!!
I REALLY don't want to go to Reddit...
buzzbeaterAug 26, 2010Buried
Just ain't the same. : (
buzzbeaterAug 26, 2010Buried
[citation needed]
vitriolandangstAug 26, 2010Buried
Stupidevil -- is a condition in which a persons clever greed overrides their sanity; as in, stealing the oar from another person on your own life raft, or perhaps, eating the last chicken on earth when it was about to lay some fertile eggs.
Yeah, it's really sad that the IMPORTANT points all get made on the Daily Show, and the News Media turns a blind eye to reality.
chabubaAug 24, 2010Buried
I recommend watching the whole episode: from start to finish it was one of the best episodes of the Daily Show I have seen in a while.
treehugger87Aug 26, 2010Buried
You could try Democracy Now!
http://www.democracynow.org/
Amy Goodman & Juan Gonzalez continue to give a voice to people and opinions you would never hear on the MSM
demenerAug 26, 2010Buried
That's why Crossfire is gone?