The Digg Community’s Concerns With Digg

by admin

We, the undersigned (comment to join) are ready to find out if there is more to social bookmarking than Digg. We are going to stop submitting to Digg. The alternatives are plenty - now is the time to venture into new territory. As we organize we will evaluate and find a new space.

When a digital identity, like a Digg account, becomes penalized through its consistent interaction with a website we assume that site falls into one of two categories. Either (a. The site in question is ill-suited to become a healthy social network. or (b. The premise of the social network is such that it is based on competition.

Digg is, in part, a game. It always has been - and that is one of the reasons we love it. That it helped us share useful, entertaining or interesting content only made it that much more fun.

Unfortunately the rules to the game have never been under the community’s full control. As far as we can tell, the rule-makers barely listen to us. The latest change in the algorithm, along with rumors of secret editors, auto-buries, etc., have led us to believe it is time to break ties with Digg.com.

Here are a list of the main charges against Digg: Read more…

Report From E for All 2007

by andy

I attended E for All 2007 this weekend. E for All is the new videogame expo, open to the public, that replaces the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), since E3 has closed itself off to all but industry professionals and media.

I have to say that as someone who has attended nearly every E3 since its inception, I was incredibly underwhelmed by this new incarnation. Nintendo and EA were the only top-tier developers in attendance, and where the expo used to fill the entire convention center, now it only fills most of one hall.

The good news for me was since audience attendance was also relatively sparse, the wait to play the games was pretty short. Super Mario Galaxy, The Simpsons Game, and Link’s Crossbow Training were the standout games for me. Rock Band and Metal Gear Solid 4 also looked promising.

I intended to record an episode of The Drill Down at the show, but honestly there wasn’t enough gripping content to justify a podcast. I did however take plenty of pics. Take a look…

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