Talk:Digg/archive

message: Digg, digg.com, is a technology news website that combines social bookmarking, blogging, RSS, and non-hierarchical editorial control. With digg, users submit stories for review, but rather than allowing an editor to decide which stories go on the homepage, the users do.
The site recently updated to version 2.0 which added some new features such as friends and boasts a cool new interface designed by the same people who did the Mozilla.org site.
Once a story is submitted by a user it is instantly posted in the digg area queue. This is a temporary holding place where stories wait to be promoted to the homepage. To help promote stories to the homepage, a user need simply visit the digg area and digg stories you think are cool. 
digg v. - To vote for a story on Digg.com
Once a story has received enough diggs, it is instantly promoted. Should the story not receive enough diggs, or is reported, it eventually falls out of the digg area queue. Digg works because a large group of people actively promote good stories to the homepage. Since the site's content is user-driven, it is up to the users to contribute.
Submitting stories is easy. A user needs to first register and login then simply click on "submit a story" and enter the URL of the story he or she would like to submit. Then fill out a title, description, and category for the story. Should the user encounter a potential duplicate, he or she should digg the original story and do not submit a duplicate entry.
Digg allows for the syndication of their content. There are currently two types of digg news that can be added to a website: digg homepage news and digg user news. If a user would like to add the latest Digg homepage stories to his or her website then all that is needed is for that user to simply click .add digg news. on the digg homepage right navigation. To add digg user news, (a users latest diggs, or someone else's) then visit the user's profile (digg.com/users/username) and click "add this feed" in the digging history navigation.
Digg also allows for stories to be posted to a user's blog automatically when he or she diggs a story.
:That doesn't have quite the right tone for an encyclopedia; it seems more like a HOWTO for using the website. Thue | talk 21:23, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The current version () of the real article is doing a good job so far. Thumbs up :). Thue | talk 19:16, 28 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  DIGG ARTICLE 

message: What does "It combines social bookmarking, blogging, RSS, and non-hierarchical, more democratic, editorial control" mean? I could have read that on digg's site, but I came here for more elaboration. I specifically am curious what RSS and this site have in common. 
Is there an RSS feed for this site which I can place on my personalized Google webpage?
68.49.142.108 23:55, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, there is an RSS feed on the front page of Digg. It basically lists all the front page stories. Here's the feed link if you want it: http://www.digg.com/rss/index.xml --Bash 20:03, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Explanation of terms?

message: At the beginning of the article a "technical limitations" tag on the article's title was put in place by user Flydpnkrtn. Assuming this is correct, why do I still see digg with a capitalized "D" all around the article? Is "digg" really "Digg?" --crumb 03:51, August 9, 2005 (UTC)
:No, the site calls itself "digg". The article should be changed for consistency. Rhobite 04:49, August 9, 2005 (UTC)
::I removed the warning about the technical limitations regarding "Digg" vs "digg." The lowercase d in digg in the logo is clearly stylistic in nature only. "Digg" is actually correct seeing that it's a proper noun. I'm also changing the instances of "digg" to "Digg." Kevin Rose and the designer also refer to the site as "Digg" on their blogs. If you have any disagreements please post them here, or on my talk page. --Hoovernj 19:22, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Correct capitalization of Digg/digg?