Comments on: Why Digg Cannot Be Saved

By: PENIX

PENIX — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:42:42 +0000

Kris Meister said:
“If only I believed that people who specialized in technology (myself included) have more important opinions than the general population”

Definitely not more important, but I believe the average IQ of someone in the tech industry is slightly higher. My reason for this is the very nature of the work. Tech is often more intellectually demanding. Between a computer programmer and a garbage man, who do you guess has a higher IQ? My money would be on the programmer.

“This trend [less tech] unfortunately is leading to a lose of interest by die hard originals such as you or I.”

I enjoy a variety of news. It doesn’t have to be tech. What I dislike is the constant barrage of sensationalist garbage. I look at the front page right now and there is a headline entitled “What The Hell?!?!”. This title is completely non-descript and based 100% on sensationalism. If we click on the link, it’s a screenshot of an iPhone that’s supposed to be funny, but isn’t. More fanboy garbage.

By: Kris Meister

Kris Meister — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 02:40:35 +0000

I wonder where the now common idiom “all of us are smarter than each of us” fits into your IQ bell curve. If only I believed that people who specialized in technology (myself included) have more important opinions than the general population, then I would faithfully follow your Digg hypothesis.

However, I propose Digg is likely following a general path which only brings less technically oriented content forward than in the good old days. This trend unfortunately is leading to a lose of interest by die hard originals such as you or I.

By: idiana

idiana — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 15:00:27 +0000

You finally started to write and I think that’s a damn cool thing. Seems like you’re supposed to do this. I’ll definitely check your site from time to time and read your gold.