Comments on: Why Digg is going down the tubes http://www.rinzai.com/2007/05/15/why-digg-is-going-down-the-tubes/ a site for raven zachary Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:56:49 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Raven Zachary http://www.rinzai.com/2007/05/15/why-digg-is-going-down-the-tubes/comment-page-1/#comment-9177 Raven Zachary Tue, 15 May 2007 23:15:22 +0000 http://www.rinzai.com/2007/05/15/why-digg-is-going-down-the-tubes/#comment-9177 I just learned about some extreme things that Jerry Falwell said, thanks to a <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2007/05/15/falwells_stupidest_q.html" rel="nofollow">BoingBoing article</a>. Clearly, I have a different set of values than this man, but no one deserves to be ripped into shreds on the day of passing. I just learned about some extreme things that Jerry Falwell said, thanks to a BoingBoing article. Clearly, I have a different set of values than this man, but no one deserves to be ripped into shreds on the day of passing.

]]> By: Marshall Kirkpatrick http://www.rinzai.com/2007/05/15/why-digg-is-going-down-the-tubes/comment-page-1/#comment-9173 Marshall Kirkpatrick Tue, 15 May 2007 22:45:37 +0000 http://www.rinzai.com/2007/05/15/why-digg-is-going-down-the-tubes/#comment-9173 Under your user profile you can change the settings to display all comments, regardless of how other people have voted on those comments. I just made that change myself after reading your post. If you're not familiar with Fallwell, btw, here's the Boing Boing post on some of his greatest hits: http://www.boingboing.net/2007/05/15/falwells_stupidest_q.html Under your user profile you can change the settings to display all comments, regardless of how other people have voted on those comments. I just made that change myself after reading your post.

If you’re not familiar with Fallwell, btw, here’s the Boing Boing post on some of his greatest hits: http://www.boingboing.net/2007/05/15/falwells_stupidest_q.html

]]> By: Matt M. http://www.rinzai.com/2007/05/15/why-digg-is-going-down-the-tubes/comment-page-1/#comment-9169 Matt M. Tue, 15 May 2007 21:32:28 +0000 http://www.rinzai.com/2007/05/15/why-digg-is-going-down-the-tubes/#comment-9169 First off, I agree that digg is going down the tubes. The comments being the main offender. I think part of the problem is that negative ratings in comments are counterproductive. There's no objective criteria like when you buy something from ebay. A defective purchase on ebay provides a relatively clear case for a negative rating. As Danah Boyd has pointed out, negative taste based ratings provide an opportunity for trolls, which removes an incentive for others to post constructive new content. This is why I only used the thumbs up on Tivo except in very rare instances. Giving things thumbs down seemed to only add noise to the Tivo recommendation engine. Perhaps digg needs to remove the thumbs down, or add meta-moderation and randomize mod points like Slashdot. First off, I agree that digg is going down the tubes. The comments being the main offender.

I think part of the problem is that negative ratings in comments are counterproductive. There’s no objective criteria like when you buy something from ebay. A defective purchase on ebay provides a relatively clear case for a negative rating.

As Danah Boyd has pointed out, negative taste based ratings provide an opportunity for trolls, which removes an incentive for others to post constructive new content.

This is why I only used the thumbs up on Tivo except in very rare instances. Giving things thumbs down seemed to only add noise to the Tivo recommendation engine.

Perhaps digg needs to remove the thumbs down, or add meta-moderation and randomize mod points like Slashdot.

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