I have been actively using Digg for about 3-4 months or so now, it is a very nifty technology news website that displays news. The twist with this particular news site is that the news stories displayed are dictated by the website users actions. Users will “Digg” a news story that they like or think is useful to other people so that it will be elevated to the front page, basically a voting platform for the users.

Although I have been using the site for a while, I didnt register. This was mainly because I didnt want to have another messageboard type thing to waste my time with. However, recently I did sign up and decided to comment on some of the submissions, this is where Digg managed to frustrate the hell out of me:

1. Digg has the “Web 2.0″ bug, everything posted is touted to be Web 2.0 when it quite clearly isnt. Suddenly now RSS is popular and AJAX is “cool”, Web 2.0 flourishes. Web 2.0 is “a term often applied to a perceived ongoing transition of the World Wide Web from a collection of websites to a full-fledged computing platform serving web applications to end users. Ultimately Web 2.0 services are expected to replace desktop computing applications for many purposes.” Yeah right, Web 2.0 is RSS, CSS, Blogging and Big Fonts. Nothing more.
2. You decide to post a comment on a link, they now have a system where you can “Digg” other users comments. If you make a comment (whether it be valid or not) against Digg or Kevin Rose (the creator), say a link is old, post something humourous then you can expect a negative thumbs down (an anti-Digg?!). These threads are then no longer visible even if they have merit.
3. Its basically a copy of Slashdot, Cnet et al news wise. You get all the same front pages as you do on Slashdot.
4. The site is slow as buggery.
5. Everyone and his dog now think they are the be-all and end-all, they “No-Digg” and then stick around for a response. Tr0ll.
6. The news stories are real stories linked through someone’s blog to gain traffic.

I will use it because it gives some great links, it just so happens that I dislike the community.