Digg v3.0 Review
AJ over at Devlounge has reviewed the new version of digg that launched earlier on Monday. However, he forgot to mention what I deem the coolest feature - the ability to undigg stories. Many times I will read a headline and automatically digg it out of excitement before reading it. Then I’ll read it and realize that the story didn’t go past my digg-worthiness threshold.
Maybe, just maybe, Digg should revise its whole digs system. Its counterintuitive to first click on a digg icon and then read a story, or even first open the story and then come back to digg (whether its back to a previous tab or back to another way) to digg for it. Sure, using frames and locking the user is equally not-the-right-thing-to-do, but they should find a way for it to make more sense.
Paul, you could always undigg stories. Previously the link appeared in the small meta information in your profile. Now it takes a more prominent position replacing the digg button in the profile, which is why you’re probably just noticing it now.
Really? Well that’s what really struck me the most in the latest expansion. =)
Yeah, on version two I used it all the time for exactly what you said. I would read something that sounded awesome and then I would read the comments which would point out inaccuracies and other things, causing me to revoke my vote.
I think that this is the reason that while Digg is so popular, it still hasn’t caught on past the tech crowd. It’s user centered but often stories that have no real relevance or provide true noteworthy information are the ones that are getting dugg because people are just going off of the headline and clicking digg without reading the whole story.
I would read something that sounded awesome and then I would read the comments which would point out inaccuracies and other things, causing me to revoke my vote.
Shouldn’t the whole article including the comments be read before casting a vote anyway?
Sorry. That line before my question should be enclosed in a blockquote. ;)
Hey Paul, thanks for the link up :)
I thought undigging was new too, but then I read it wasn’t..guess we both missed it :P
I would love to see an bury button beside the digg button… there are so many times when a story honestly deseves a negative digg. Kind of like the way the comment digg system is set up with the thumbs up and thumbs down.
Interesting post. I was going throught TechCrunch’s archives, when I found a review of the Digg v1. Mildly entertaining. I wrote a post about, which you can read here:
http://www.micahville.com/2007/07/15/a-first-look-at-digg/