Digg vs. Reddit
As a voracious consumer of news, I rely on web aggregators to save my time. I have been using digg for several years to alert me to important stories in technology and science. The signal to noise ratio has been falling for some time. Apple cult devotees are overweighted in the user base and it gives rise to mounds of garbage posts with titles like "Six Reasons Why You Aren't Good Enough to Own a Mac" or "My iPod cured my girlfriend's cancer. Here's how." Not to mention the worshipful posts on Steve Jobs that would make Dear Leader blush.
On a recommendation from a colleague*, I have switched to reddit. Much better. More of a nerdy focus. Some really smart commenters. Reminds me of slashdot in the early days. Its users share with digg a militant atheism and a frothing-at-the-mouth hostility to intelligent design, but less political slant (e.g. on global climate change for instance).
And redditers are wittier. A few days ago, some enraged geek** posted (I've cleaned up the language):
Blast You Sun! Bundling trialware with the latest Java update is some major B.S.
A day later a wag posted:
Blast You Sun! Bundling harmful ultraviolet radiation with visible light is some major B.S.
Funniest thing I've read all week.
* Actually he's the guy who polishes my monitors, but I call him a "colleague" to make him feel important.
** Is there any phrase in the English language that conjure up a vision of impotence better than "geek rage"?
On a recommendation from a colleague*, I have switched to reddit. Much better. More of a nerdy focus. Some really smart commenters. Reminds me of slashdot in the early days. Its users share with digg a militant atheism and a frothing-at-the-mouth hostility to intelligent design, but less political slant (e.g. on global climate change for instance).
And redditers are wittier. A few days ago, some enraged geek** posted (I've cleaned up the language):
Blast You Sun! Bundling trialware with the latest Java update is some major B.S.
A day later a wag posted:
Blast You Sun! Bundling harmful ultraviolet radiation with visible light is some major B.S.
Funniest thing I've read all week.
* Actually he's the guy who polishes my monitors, but I call him a "colleague" to make him feel important.
** Is there any phrase in the English language that conjure up a vision of impotence better than "geek rage"?
Labels: Digg, Reddit, The Cult of Apple
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