> or if Microsoft tried to turn it in to a Windows program, I would switch to Reddit. I like Digg more, but either of those scenarios would kill Digg for me.
I find it hilarious that, even as bad as reddit's gotten, it could be anyone's second choice over Digg. At least reddit has the capacity to still be interesting. Digg, on the other hand, makes me want to kick a Golden Retriever.
If i were Rose, i would've sold last year or perhaps even around the time when he was all hyped up on the cover of businessweek. As far as I can see, digg doesn't really have any real content besides its collection of asinine comments that it's accumulated now and links to LOLCATS images.
No offense, the same model seems to be working at hacker news here - but digg has gone beyond it's useful life. It's one of those things where the community has exceeded it's critical mass and wisdom of the crowds eventually becomes a really dumb idea.
If you're looking for intellectual discourse it has. But if you have 10 minutes to kill at work, it can be really entertaining. It's more educational than primetime network TV, if nothing else.
It is pretty tough to see why Microsoft wants Digg. It already has an exclusive on advertising. Plus it isn't clear how they would grow it any faster than Rose and Co. Plus while, I don't believe 90% of the we would leave threats I think some of its core users would want to look elsewhere.
I find it hilarious that, even as bad as reddit's gotten, it could be anyone's second choice over Digg. At least reddit has the capacity to still be interesting. Digg, on the other hand, makes me want to kick a Golden Retriever.