Comments on: Anything but snowflakes, II http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/10/22/anything-but-snowflakes-ii/ I'm feeling pretty good about myself right about now. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:02:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Eugenia http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/10/22/anything-but-snowflakes-ii/#comment-1187 Sun, 22 Oct 2006 18:06:27 +0100 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/10/22/anything-but-snowflakes-ii/#comment-1187 Well said Thom. I agree. Personally, I visit Digg 2-3 times a day. I use the site. But yes, there's lots of crap in there. Well said Thom. I agree.

Personally, I visit Digg 2-3 times a day. I use the site. But yes, there’s lots of crap in there.

]]> by: Administrator http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/10/22/anything-but-snowflakes-ii/#comment-1186 Sun, 22 Oct 2006 13:37:47 +0100 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/10/22/anything-but-snowflakes-ii/#comment-1186 It's not that I detest the <i>function</i> of Digg; like I said, it's a good concept and it's great it exists. However, what I <i>do</i> detest is this attitude some people have that Digg and Digg-like sites will take over the function from traditional news outlets, when clearly this is not the case. I visit Digg maybe once every two weeks, and every time, I'm simply annoyed by how much nonsense you ahve to tolerate before you find the <i>real</i> news. Digg.com is being portrayed as a newssite, when clearly, it is not (it's more of a link sharing site). I hate it when people claim something be something else than that it in fact really is. My problem with Web 2.0, by the way, is not the sites themselves, but more the <i>term</i>. It implies the web is somehow vastly different today than it was 2 years ago, which is total nonsense. I'm not really fond of buzzwords anyway. It’s not that I detest the function of Digg; like I said, it’s a good concept and it’s great it exists. However, what I do detest is this attitude some people have that Digg and Digg-like sites will take over the function from traditional news outlets, when clearly this is not the case.

I visit Digg maybe once every two weeks, and every time, I’m simply annoyed by how much nonsense you ahve to tolerate before you find the real news. Digg.com is being portrayed as a newssite, when clearly, it is not (it’s more of a link sharing site). I hate it when people claim something be something else than that it in fact really is.

My problem with Web 2.0, by the way, is not the sites themselves, but more the term. It implies the web is somehow vastly different today than it was 2 years ago, which is total nonsense. I’m not really fond of buzzwords anyway.

]]> by: Adam Scheinberg http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/10/22/anything-but-snowflakes-ii/#comment-1185 Sun, 22 Oct 2006 13:14:53 +0100 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/10/22/anything-but-snowflakes-ii/#comment-1185 I know that both you and Eugenia are kind of "anti-Web 2.0," but I don't get it. Digg is not supposed to be news, it's supposed to be a way for people to share cool links. I think this is a "kinda neat" picture. I'd never seen a cat's tongue up close, nor did I ever want to, until I say it, and then said, "Hmm... pretty cool." If you think it's sensationalistic, stay away, no? I find A LOT of cool stuff on digg, and it's one of my favorite sites since the content moves so quickly. Who cares if shit shows up on the front page - it's gone before I care anyway. Mob mentality doesn't scare me, since there's no commitment in CLICKING a link. If something earns more diggs because it happened to make it to the front page, so what? Most of the stuff I find from digg was worth the 90 seconds I spent on the link anyway. I know that both you and Eugenia are kind of “anti-Web 2.0,” but I don’t get it. Digg is not supposed to be news, it’s supposed to be a way for people to share cool links. I think this is a “kinda neat” picture. I’d never seen a cat’s tongue up close, nor did I ever want to, until I say it, and then said, “Hmm… pretty cool.”

If you think it’s sensationalistic, stay away, no? I find A LOT of cool stuff on digg, and it’s one of my favorite sites since the content moves so quickly. Who cares if shit shows up on the front page - it’s gone before I care anyway.

Mob mentality doesn’t scare me, since there’s no commitment in CLICKING a link. If something earns more diggs because it happened to make it to the front page, so what? Most of the stuff I find from digg was worth the 90 seconds I spent on the link anyway.

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