Comments on: Digg Removes User Icons From Submissions

By: Kelvin87

Kelvin87 — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:24:05 +0000

In 52, Montoya, now an alcoholic ex-cop, spends her days in bars and her nights obsessing about the loss of her job and girlfriend. ,

By: Kelvin60

Kelvin60 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:13:26 +0000

Acceptance of their results relies on the process of obtain- ing the results as well as analysis of the results themselves. ,

By: Inside the Webb

Inside the Webb — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:14:27 +0000

It’s interesting to see how Digg has grown over the years as its popularity has skyrocketed up the social networking food chain. I actually have a post of some of Digg’s offices from the early days, check it out if you’re interested. http://www.insidethewebb.com/2009/07/collection-of-photos-from-diggs-office-in-san-francisco/

By: John

John — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:50:33 +0000

True he did just talk about 10 ways to take your site from one to one million users and user icons are a big part of that, but beyond one million users you probably do not need that anymore.
There are several reasons that this is better for Digg and Digg Users
-Fast page loads
-Less resources used saves money for Digg
-Cleaner look/More uniform look
-Possible NSFW icons on front page (possible legal ramifications)
-User names are still used
-Even if it causes a million users to stop using Digg, they still have 20 million plus still
-A rough 10×10 area does not make a great Avatar picture

By: nitin

nitin — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 06:50:15 +0000

Good Move by digg !

By: Luke

Luke — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:25:23 +0000

All of this is over the little tiny icon next to the link? I actually had to look at old screen shots to even realize what was being removed. Isn’t your amount of “Diggs” supposed to be your reward for contributing? Must have been a slow news day for someone to even blog about such a silly thing. You lot keep bitching, while the rest of us enjoy a faster loading home page.

By: Rakeshsgk

Rakeshsgk — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:23:19 +0000

Our story reaching the front page is a moment of joy for us. Normally it takes a lot of submissions and searching to get a story worth enough to reach the front page.

This move from Digg kind of deprives at least some joy out of the excitement! Let’s wait to see if it’s gonna come back!

By: Stuart Gibson

Stuart Gibson — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:12:02 +0000

The posts aren’t what make Digg what it is, in fact there has been serious issues in the past with power users dominating the site. They haven’t removed the icons form the the conversation, which is what keeps people coming back to Digg. The reward is the upvotes for good comments. Reducing the cult of self from the front page will get users more likely to submit stories as the power users lose a little of the power.

By: Icyone

Icyone — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:18:14 +0000

Digg wouldn’t ever remove its logo from the site because its the brand they’ve built, much like its users who have an avatar for a reason… Recognition.

Your -brand-? Seriously, you’re posting stories to Digg, you don’t have a brand.

By: Gerald Weber

Gerald Weber — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:29:03 +0000

This reminds me of while back when digg took all the social links out of user proliles I wrote a post titled Why is digg taking the social out of social media? and ironically later that very day they put the social links back and said they were just doing some upgrades. Yeah i'm sure Kevin. But then again Kevin Rose had no idea that digg bar changed while he was on vacation. Digg (Kevin Rose) has a history of making antisocial moves and then acting dumb about it. Just my 2 cents.