Comments on Popular Technology.net: The Problems with Digg.com

This article is absolutely true, I find that many ...

2010-06-26T22:54:58.940-04:00

This article is absolutely true, I find that many social bookmarking and SEO techniques are just ruining the way the Internet is meant to work. It should be best content for a search getting the traffic, not this stupid game playing.

No you failed to read... "I used PhDs as an ...

2009-08-07T07:15:14.350-04:00

No you failed to read...

"I used PhDs as an example of educational excellence. Simply reaching that level required individual research and scholarly discipline. Something I have seen grossy lacking on both Digg.com and Wikipedia. Someone with a PhD is much more likely to submit and identify meaningful content to these sites and less likely to fall for sensationalized

Your really obsessed with PHDs and stuff, if you r...

2009-08-07T06:21:27.044-04:00

Your really obsessed with PHDs and stuff, if you really thing that this matter, think of the bloggers, they've also amateurs and may or may not have a PHD. Also, many of the great things that existed weren't made by guys holding PHDs, even many things outside the computer universe weren't made by PHD guys but by simple normal people who cares about them.

James, after joining Digg, I have to say your dead...

2007-07-01T18:44:00.000-04:00

James, after joining Digg, I have to say your dead on the money. Is there no hope for intelligence over ignorance on the web? or will the truth continually be buried by some high school drop out who can "sound" like they know what their talking about.

Yes it happened and continues to happen to Wikiped...

2006-08-26T08:24:00.000-04:00

Yes it happened and continues to happen to Wikipedia. Digg is only going to amplify the problem since popularity is more important than Intelligence. But overall these sort of "social" sites are relatively new in scope and popularity.

I think this issue has to be studied very carefull...

2006-08-24T22:17:00.000-04:00

I think this issue has to be studied very carefully. When you said that a bunch of pseudo-intellectuals are behind the popularity of Digg, I wondered whether this occurence has happened to other sites before. For me this is an important issue since many kids are using the internet right now and digg is one of the more attractive to them.

Here is another article to add to your list:

2006-07-24T11:00:00.001-04:00
Here is another article to add to your list:

http://digg.com/software/An_Outsiders_View_of_Digg_There_is_a_Flaw_in_the_System

James,

I used PhDs as an example of educati...

2006-07-23T09:07:00.000-04:00

James,

I used PhDs as an example of educational excellence. Simply reaching that level required individual research and scholarly discipline. Something I have seen grossy lacking on both Digg.com and Wikipedia. Someone with a PhD is much more likely to submit and identify meaningful content to these sites and less likely to fall for sensationalized unsubstantiated posts.

I have

Andrew,

Interesting stuff. I've just start...

2006-07-23T08:39:00.000-04:00

Andrew,

Interesting stuff. I've just started using DIGG with my blog a couple days ago and am curious to see how it turns out.

Your fascination with PhDs amuses me, however. (Full disclosure: I have one.) Given that most of the content on DIGG and similar sites is media reports and the like, I'm not sure why a PhD would have any particular advantage in evaluating them.
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