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by irreverentbits 5075 days ago
The new Digg doesn't look terrible, by any stretch. But - the developers' insistence on an arbitrary six week push deadline when there clearly remain unsolved problems is fairly amateurish and reeks of self-indulgence.

Users /with existing expectations/ (which Digg invariably presents) do not care about "release early, release often." They want something that kicks ass and gets it right on the first try.
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robryan 5075 days ago
Kind of disagree, if users are still on the site to voice opinions that means they are pretty resilient. They aren't going to give up right away because the first release doesn't have everything.
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irreverentbits 5075 days ago
Maybe. On the other hand, it seems like a fair amount of these opinions are "fuck this noise, I'm going to Reddit/etc."

Don't get me wrong - I would absolutely love to see the new Digg rocket into popularity again... but I'm just not certain that's going to be the case.

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johnmw 5075 days ago
They said the old Digg has very high operating costs. That may have been a factor in the rush to release the new site.
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irreverentbits 5075 days ago
Oh, fair enough.

I am curious, though... what sort of operating costs might go into that?

Moderators, curating content?

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