Thoughts on the Decline of the Digg Community and Changes
I have thought about this for a while now, and I have come the conclusion to no longer continue to support the Digg community. The decline of the quality of the user community has made me decide that it is no longer within my interest to continue to comment, post, digg, or even login to the website. There is a certain lack of respectability within the community that has encroached on the user base.
In addition to the failing quality of the community, the user base is also extremely biased and quite inconsiderate when it comes to commenting on stories. I'm in need of a more equitable platform to acquire my stories, and also a more even keeled place to gain perspective.
Furthermore, the Diggnation podcast has also become a drunken beerfest which includes extremely off-topic comments on stories. While I expect some comments and off-topic stories, the increased frequency of this has turned me off from the podcast. The previous podcast included talking about "joey's weiner", which truly who the hell cares.
The recent "HD-DVD Key" Revolt, by the community, shows me that the community is willing to allow a website die and be sued out of existence, then continue to aid it in thriving and growing. While I applaud the idea behind it, there are other ways of showing your disdain for the AACS company. I did digg the articles, not as a revolt, but as a protest to the AACS company.
While I still have respect for Kevin and Alex in their endevors and their commitment to the Digg community, and wish them the best of luck, I can no longer continue to participate in a community of juveniles and those who cannot respect others. I will be unsubscribing to the podcast, and removing links to them on my websites.
On the subject of Website, I have a few other changes to mention in regards to that. I will no longer be doing my "Stories of the Week", which of late has turned into "Stories of Whenever". I will be posting any stories I find in my main blog. I also believe as though I will be switching blogging platforms to Wordpress instead of Pivotlog. Despite pivotlog having served me well for the last two years, I am in need of an updated blogging platform with more capabilities and features. I have not 100 percent decided on wordpress, but my limited use with it, has impressed me.
Since buying my Mac, my interests in what I want to persue have changed, I think I'm going to try programming some applications for the Macintosh, and learning Mac OS X, and the intricacies held within. I also intend on spending more time on the things that I want to spend my time on, instead of surfing the internet in search of nothing in particular.