The New Digg Alpha
If you haven’t signed up for an invite to the new digg, go to http://new.digg.com now. I hear there are some more invites in the near future.
I’ve been a user of digg.com since a little bit before version 2.0 of the website rolled out. And I remember those days. Staying up late searching the internet for some funny cat videos to submit in hopes that your submitted story gets on the frontpage. Or waking up first thing in the morning, just to see what cool, edgy stories to check out. Ah, yes. Those were the days.
But, I must admit, that brand new website smell wore off a few years later for me. The rise and death of myspace, the success and migration to Facebook, and now the allure of twitter, all this added up to not really participating in the digg community like the old days.
But now….all that has changed!
Ok, pardon the dramatic introduction to this part of the article, but I have been using the latest version of digg, and I have to say, it has brought back that excitement that I enjoyed in digg. So I’m back to diggin’ it up again. If you have an invite, follow me at http://new.digg.com/danohart
Best part of the new digg, the better integration of what stories is dugg or commented on by the people you follow. You still get access to the top news that the whole community of diggers are finding interesting, but what is featured is stories submitted or dugg by your friends or people that you think digg good stories.
A huge jump in advancements is trusted sites are given the ability to set up their RSS feeds to their digg account, so as soon as they publish a post, it’s automatically submitted to digg. So now you can follow the accounts of your favorite blogs, making digg a one stop aggregation of your favorite, up to date news.
Now there is simple stuff that you may find a good upgrade that are worth mentioning. Such as profile URLs will no longer include “users.” So instead of digg.com/users/danohart it is now will be digg.com/danohart. Again, small upgrade, but worth noting. And of course, the simplicity design that digg has been known for is still there, but has been adapted to the functionality of the new digg alpha.
The new digg.com should be available to everyone in the next month or so. If you don’t already have a digg acount, go sign up for one, and sign up for an invite to the new digg. It has already changed how I get my news.
