Digg planning a major overhaul this year
It seems that the folks behind Digg have come to the realization that its buttons are disappearing from more and more sites, and perhaps it is time that they do something about it.
There was a time when Digg was the darling of the social media crowd, but then Facebook and Twitter came along and stole all of its thunder. It used to be every site had a Digg button on every post, but now you are more apt to find Facebook Share and TweetMeme buttons. To combat this, Kevin Rose, the founder of Digg, is saying that the company will do a major overhaul of the site this year.
In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, Mr. Rose said, “We’re making some drastic changes, but they’re much-needed drastic changes.” He went on to add, “People are going to be shocked at some of the directions we’re taking. You have to be comfortable with completely tearing down and throwing away a bunch of ideas.”
Apparently the plan for the new Digg calls for the site to more fully embrace the real-time aspects of the Web, and include ways to bring in information from Facebook, Twitter, instant messaging and e-mail. Essentially, if you interact with a piece of content anywhere, it sounds like Digg wants to measure it. Mr. Rose was surprisingly candid about what exactly his company plans:
In the next version of Digg you’ll see stories being presented to you in a more real-time nature, especially stories that your friends have touched. It will not be just about Digg.com, but also embracing all the content that your friends touch on other websites. It’s about being that place where people say, ‘I’m going to take a look at Digg because it provides me insight into what’s trending, what’s popular, what’s hot from all over these different places where people exchange information’.
No date was given for when we will see these changes beyond “later this year.”
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