http://globalgeek.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/02/08/another-nail-in-digg-or-falling-on-its-sword/ Everything tech, from Web2.0 blogging, the internet to product reviews and software. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:58:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://globalgeek.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/02/08/another-nail-in-digg-or-falling-on-its-sword/#comment-9707 knightwise Thu, 08 Feb 2007 07:10:28 +0000 http://globalgeek.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/02/08/another-nail-in-digg-or-falling-on-its-sword/#comment-9707 There are two alternatives. Either Digg is going to run its "natural evolution" where complete anarchy is the common denominator. Where there are no rules whatsoever. Digg in its purest form. The only problem is that this would work if all users where equal. when there was no popularity contest going on, when there where no outside websites who could gain substantial traffic from a "good Digg". But the point is : It is not like that . The chaotic model of Digg exists in a "real-virtual- world" where 'politics' 'popularity' and 'revenue' and personal 'interests' matter. So the "chaotic" nature of Digg is inevitably self-destructive. Yet the alternative is just as bad. If mister Rose will start to 'Govern' Digg it would change the very nature of the phenomenon causing users to loose interests causing the "Demise of Digg". So its a no-win scenario. Digg is too "Wild" to ever become Slashdot, but also too "Wild" to ever outlive it. I wonder how many sleepless nights Kevin has had so far, trying to figure out just what to do next. There are two alternatives. Either Digg is going to run its “natural evolution” where complete anarchy is the common denominator. Where there are no rules whatsoever. Digg in its purest form. The only problem is that this would work if all users where equal. when there was no popularity contest going on, when there where no outside websites who could gain substantial traffic from a “good Digg”. But the point is : It is not like that . The chaotic model of Digg exists in a “real-virtual- world” where ‘politics’ ‘popularity’ and ‘revenue’ and personal ‘interests’ matter. So the “chaotic” nature of Digg is inevitably self-destructive. Yet the alternative is just as bad. If mister Rose will start to ‘Govern’ Digg it would change the very nature of the phenomenon causing users to loose interests causing the “Demise of Digg”. So its a no-win scenario. Digg is too “Wild” to ever become Slashdot, but also too “Wild” to ever outlive it. I wonder how many sleepless nights Kevin has had so far, trying to figure out just what to do next.

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