I like Digg. It lets me see news stories and weird pictures of things that I would never have got to see otherwise. I do have one complaint though and it has to do with the fact that Digg is supposed to be a news site. See that big link in the upper left hand corner? Okay, yeah. The problem is that more often than not, the news is not that “new.” In fact, most breaking news takes awhile to get on the front page. For example, yesterday there was a major plane crash in Sao Paulo, Brazil. I read about it immediately after it happened. I read about it again on Digg this afternoon. At that point, it was really breaking news. I guess the problem with Digg is that it has been so clouded with everything, especially non-news items, that the real news often can get to where it is seen. How could Digg fix this? I don’t see how. In fact, I don’t see a reason for it. Digg, although it’s a news site, can’t be controlled. That’s the beauty of it. That’s how Morrise.com go to its front page. It was the lack of control. Digg users will Digg what they want to Digg and bury what they want to bury. It’s simple concept, but powerful.

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