Comments on: Digg Users Calling Loudly for New Photos Section http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/23/digg-users-calling-loudly-for-new-photos-section/ Startup and Technology News Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:40:05 -0800 hourly 1 By: Alternatives to Creating a Digg Photo Section http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/23/digg-users-calling-loudly-for-new-photos-section/comment-page-1/#comment-1934003 Alternatives to Creating a Digg Photo Section Mon, 21 Jan 2008 23:25:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/23/digg-users-calling-loudly-for-new-photos-section/#comment-1934003 [...] added a cryptic comment to the Digg: “hmm :)” (which received 400+ thumbs up). Friday Techcrunch picked up this story and also linked to the [...] [...] added a cryptic comment to the Digg: “hmm :) ” (which received 400+ thumbs up). Friday Techcrunch picked up this story and also linked to the [...]

]]> By: diggirl http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/23/digg-users-calling-loudly-for-new-photos-section/comment-page-1/#comment-1267788 diggirl Fri, 23 Mar 2007 11:07:31 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/23/digg-users-calling-loudly-for-new-photos-section/#comment-1267788 I already established a site similar. Well, not that similar. We digg girls' photos. Please visit our site to check it out. http://www.diggirl.net/ I already established a site similar. Well, not that similar. We digg girls’ photos.

Please visit our site to check it out.

http://www.diggirl.net/

]]> By: Positivityblog http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/23/digg-users-calling-loudly-for-new-photos-section/comment-page-1/#comment-1061750 Positivityblog Mon, 26 Feb 2007 19:57:00 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/23/digg-users-calling-loudly-for-new-photos-section/#comment-1061750 A photo-section for Digg would really great. Dunno why they didn´t create that instead of the pretty boring podcast-section. That Splash-Cast was excellent. Cool program and I like the elevator-floor illusion. A photo-section for Digg would really great. Dunno why they didn´t create that instead of the pretty boring podcast-section.

That Splash-Cast was excellent. Cool program and I like the elevator-floor illusion.

]]> By: willbl http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/23/digg-users-calling-loudly-for-new-photos-section/comment-page-1/#comment-1058186 willbl Mon, 26 Feb 2007 12:52:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/23/digg-users-calling-loudly-for-new-photos-section/#comment-1058186 Maybe photosup.com will fill the gap? It's a new digg clone but at least it will keep all of the photos in one place... Maybe photosup.com will fill the gap? It’s a new digg clone but at least it will keep all of the photos in one place…

]]> By: datter http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/23/digg-users-calling-loudly-for-new-photos-section/comment-page-1/#comment-1047617 datter Sun, 25 Feb 2007 15:20:49 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/23/digg-users-calling-loudly-for-new-photos-section/#comment-1047617 "Marshall Kirkpatrick is this why Filmator is not being covered on TechCrunch? Because you handle all online media articles and filter out any competition to Splashcast? Your influence on TC is clear for all to see - you cannot claim to be given TC readers ‘news’ when all your doing is using this cosy position to spam them. For those that are interested Filmator is the only competition to Spashcast and is clearly not going to be reviewed on TC any time soon!" As I've said before, this constant Splashcast spam here is seriously damaging my view of TC's unbiased "reporting". I always thought of it as a good source for clear, unbiased tech news but as it turns out... it might well just be yet another blog, in a sea of blogs with an agenda. That's ashame. datter “Marshall Kirkpatrick is this why Filmator is not being covered on TechCrunch?

Because you handle all online media articles and filter out any competition to Splashcast? Your influence on TC is clear for all to see – you cannot claim to be given TC readers ‘news’ when all your doing is using this cosy position to spam them.

For those that are interested Filmator is the only competition to Spashcast and is clearly not going to be reviewed on TC any time soon!”

As I’ve said before, this constant Splashcast spam here is seriously damaging my view of TC’s unbiased “reporting”. I always thought of it as a good source for clear, unbiased tech news but as it turns out… it might well just be yet another blog, in a sea of blogs with an agenda.

That’s ashame.

datter

]]> By: beng http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/23/digg-users-calling-loudly-for-new-photos-section/comment-page-1/#comment-1043627 beng Sun, 25 Feb 2007 04:30:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/23/digg-users-calling-loudly-for-new-photos-section/#comment-1043627 Whoever said "wow that splash thing was pretty nifty" needs to get out more. Using flash to show a sequence of pictures with crummy UI laid over top, like thats never been done before. Whoever said “wow that splash thing was pretty nifty” needs to get out more. Using flash to show a sequence of pictures with crummy UI laid over top, like thats never been done before.

]]> By: anthropocentric http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/23/digg-users-calling-loudly-for-new-photos-section/comment-page-1/#comment-1043018 anthropocentric Sun, 25 Feb 2007 02:35:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/23/digg-users-calling-loudly-for-new-photos-section/#comment-1043018 I have started a similar post on digg, Calling to Google to make the "Conversations" feature in gmail optional. Digg it up here: http://digg.com/software/Google_should_make_conversations_optional_in_gmail_Listen_up_Google I have started a similar post on digg, Calling to Google to make the “Conversations” feature in gmail optional.

Digg it up here:
http://digg.com...isten_up_Google

]]> By: David Mackey http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/23/digg-users-calling-loudly-for-new-photos-section/comment-page-1/#comment-1040035 David Mackey Sat, 24 Feb 2007 18:46:28 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/23/digg-users-calling-loudly-for-new-photos-section/#comment-1040035 Wow. That Splashcast thing was pretty nifty. I hope for a separate photos section, b/c I am generally not as interested in these and would like to filter them out except when I specifically want to digg photos. Wow. That Splashcast thing was pretty nifty. I hope for a separate photos section, b/c I am generally not as interested in these and would like to filter them out except when I specifically want to digg photos.

]]> By: Filmator http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/23/digg-users-calling-loudly-for-new-photos-section/comment-page-1/#comment-1038010 Filmator Sat, 24 Feb 2007 13:39:15 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/23/digg-users-calling-loudly-for-new-photos-section/#comment-1038010 “Sneaky plug for Splashcast?” In Marshalls own words "I also try to rock the blogosphere with breaking news and compelling analysis in order to drive traffic to our site and thus expose people to our company. That's worked very well for us so far." Really? “Sneaky plug for Splashcast?”

In Marshalls own words

“I also try to rock the blogosphere with breaking news and compelling analysis in order to drive traffic to our site and thus expose people to our company. That’s worked very well for us so far.”

Really?

]]> By: Allen Stern http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/23/digg-users-calling-loudly-for-new-photos-section/comment-page-1/#comment-1037836 Allen Stern Sat, 24 Feb 2007 13:18:03 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/23/digg-users-calling-loudly-for-new-photos-section/#comment-1037836 Thanks banglasavvy - I still can't believe people read my stories! :) Thanks banglasavvy – I still can’t believe people read my stories! :)

]]> By: Filmator http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/23/digg-users-calling-loudly-for-new-photos-section/comment-page-1/#comment-1037160 Filmator Sat, 24 Feb 2007 11:54:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/23/digg-users-calling-loudly-for-new-photos-section/#comment-1037160 “Sneaky plug for Splashcast?” Marshall Kirkpatrick is this why Filmator is not being covered on TechCrunch? Because you handle all online media articles and filter out any competition to Splashcast? Your influence on TC is clear for all to see - you cannot claim to be given TC readers 'news' when all your doing is using this cosy position to spam them. For those that are interested Filmator is the only competition to Spashcast and is clearly not going to be reviewed on TC any time soon! “Sneaky plug for Splashcast?”

Marshall Kirkpatrick is this why Filmator is not being covered on TechCrunch?

Because you handle all online media articles and filter out any competition to Splashcast? Your influence on TC is clear for all to see – you cannot claim to be given TC readers ‘news’ when all your doing is using this cosy position to spam them.

For those that are interested Filmator is the only competition to Spashcast and is clearly not going to be reviewed on TC any time soon!

]]> By: banglasavvy http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/23/digg-users-calling-loudly-for-new-photos-section/comment-page-1/#comment-1034761 banglasavvy Sat, 24 Feb 2007 05:32:08 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/23/digg-users-calling-loudly-for-new-photos-section/#comment-1034761 Allen, last time I saw that it has around 5k diggs :) good growing! I Agreed with Tim...though guess there will be a photo section and no doubt it will gonna be HOT! Allen, last time I saw that it has around 5k diggs :) good growing!

I Agreed with Tim…though guess there will be a photo section and no doubt it will gonna be HOT!

]]> By: datter http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/23/digg-users-calling-loudly-for-new-photos-section/comment-page-1/#comment-1034085 datter Sat, 24 Feb 2007 03:46:39 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/23/digg-users-calling-loudly-for-new-photos-section/#comment-1034085 "Sneaky plug for Splashcast?" Indeed... but apparently there's no point in commenting about this sort of thing. “Sneaky plug for Splashcast?”

Indeed… but apparently there’s no point in commenting about this sort of thing.

]]> By: Steve Poland http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/23/digg-users-calling-loudly-for-new-photos-section/comment-page-1/#comment-1033933 Steve Poland Sat, 24 Feb 2007 03:22:54 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/23/digg-users-calling-loudly-for-new-photos-section/#comment-1033933 @1-Chris -- Disagree; I think this added to the post, getting to see some of the photos. This is one of the first great examples of the SplashCast player I've seen yet. I agree with Tim that a tech photo should get digg'd up in tech -- but I also believe there's a place for it in 'photos'. I'd like to see all top photos that are digg'd ... I'd also use tags [as suggested by RBA]. @1-Chris — Disagree; I think this added to the post, getting to see some of the photos. This is one of the first great examples of the SplashCast player I’ve seen yet.

I agree with Tim that a tech photo should get digg’d up in tech — but I also believe there’s a place for it in ‘photos’. I’d like to see all top photos that are digg’d … I’d also use tags [as suggested by RBA].

]]> By: Yohay http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/23/digg-users-calling-loudly-for-new-photos-section/comment-page-1/#comment-1033751 Yohay Sat, 24 Feb 2007 03:00:44 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/23/digg-users-calling-loudly-for-new-photos-section/#comment-1033751 Photos on Digg will be exciting! Photos on Digg will be exciting!

]]> By: Rex Dixon http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/23/digg-users-calling-loudly-for-new-photos-section/comment-page-1/#comment-1032734 Rex Dixon Sat, 24 Feb 2007 00:32:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/23/digg-users-calling-loudly-for-new-photos-section/#comment-1032734 Allen --- Congrats man --- 6,200 diggs! :) I agree with Tim -- it should be any and all content that is popular. Rex Allen — Congrats man — 6,200 diggs! :)

I agree with Tim — it should be any and all content that is popular.

Rex

]]> By: RBA http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/23/digg-users-calling-loudly-for-new-photos-section/comment-page-1/#comment-1032705 RBA Sat, 24 Feb 2007 00:27:22 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/23/digg-users-calling-loudly-for-new-photos-section/#comment-1032705 Maybe Flickr needs a news section too :-) It's not my business to think what Digg needs, but if you asked me, there's quite a few things more useful than "a photo section", and some are really a no brainer, like, say, stop creating 1000+ categories and just add tags. Maybe Flickr needs a news section too :-)

It’s not my business to think what Digg needs, but if you asked me, there’s quite a few things more useful than “a photo section”, and some are really a no brainer, like, say, stop creating 1000+ categories and just add tags.

]]> By: Mike Koss http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/23/digg-users-calling-loudly-for-new-photos-section/comment-page-1/#comment-1032516 Mike Koss Fri, 23 Feb 2007 23:59:27 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/23/digg-users-calling-loudly-for-new-photos-section/#comment-1032516 Digg has for a long time been "anti-tagging". The theory is that submissions would be too distributed for people to find them if you allowed anyone to use any tag to categorize their submissions. This is unlike the philosophy of del.icio.us and bluedot.us, where users can use any tag they want. At Blue Dot, we have users using the following tags for photography, and you can see all the most popular ones on the corresponding Blue Dot Buzz pages (complete with thumbnails): http://bluedot.us/buzz/photography http://bluedot.us/buzz/photos http://bluedot.us/buzz/hdr If we really believe in user-generated content, why not put users in control of a user-generated taxonomy? Blue Dot (or del.icio.us) users don't have to go begging for a new category to be added - they just use it themselves, and the site adapts automatically. While there is some chaos to this approach, I believe tagging systems give good feedback to users to help them "self-organize" into generally accepted popular tags. Digg has for a long time been “anti-tagging”. The theory is that submissions would be too distributed for people to find them if you allowed anyone to use any tag to categorize their submissions.

This is unlike the philosophy of del.icio.us and bluedot.us, where users can use any tag they want.

At Blue Dot, we have users using the following tags for photography, and you can see all the most popular ones on the corresponding Blue Dot Buzz pages (complete with thumbnails):

http://bluedot....uzz/photography
http://bluedot.us/buzz/photos
http://bluedot.us/buzz/hdr

If we really believe in user-generated content, why not put users in control of a user-generated taxonomy? Blue Dot (or del.icio.us) users don’t have to go begging for a new category to be added – they just use it themselves, and the site adapts automatically.

While there is some chaos to this approach, I believe tagging systems give good feedback to users to help them “self-organize” into generally accepted popular tags.

]]> By: Marshall Kirkpatrick http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/23/digg-users-calling-loudly-for-new-photos-section/comment-page-1/#comment-1032508 Marshall Kirkpatrick Fri, 23 Feb 2007 23:58:21 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/23/digg-users-calling-loudly-for-new-photos-section/#comment-1032508 Awesome, dissent! That's just what we needed Tim. Thanks. Awesome, dissent! That’s just what we needed Tim. Thanks.

]]> By: Tim http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/23/digg-users-calling-loudly-for-new-photos-section/comment-page-1/#comment-1032485 Tim Fri, 23 Feb 2007 23:55:12 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/23/digg-users-calling-loudly-for-new-photos-section/#comment-1032485 Personally I think it's a mistake for DIGG to organise it's content by filetype. The front page should show the most popular items no matter what format they are in. The video and image categories could still exist of course, but they shouldn't be the main organisational mechanism. Isn't the type of item more important? ie. a review, article, opinion, news, comedy, commercial item, human interest, rumour etc... Many of these could be a photo, video, website or text. Tim http://bla.st/blog/ Personally I think it’s a mistake for DIGG to organise it’s content by filetype.

The front page should show the most popular items no matter what format they are in. The video and image categories could still exist of course, but they shouldn’t be the main organisational mechanism.

Isn’t the type of item more important? ie. a review, article, opinion, news, comedy, commercial item, human interest, rumour etc… Many of these could be a photo, video, website or text.

Tim
http://bla.st/blog/

]]> By: Allen Stern http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/23/digg-users-calling-loudly-for-new-photos-section/comment-page-1/#comment-1032480 Allen Stern Fri, 23 Feb 2007 23:54:48 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/23/digg-users-calling-loudly-for-new-photos-section/#comment-1032480 btw - did you see we got 6200 diggs on our article! btw – did you see we got 6200 diggs on our article!

]]> By: Allen Stern http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/23/digg-users-calling-loudly-for-new-photos-section/comment-page-1/#comment-1032473 Allen Stern Fri, 23 Feb 2007 23:53:15 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/23/digg-users-calling-loudly-for-new-photos-section/#comment-1032473 thanks for the link marshall :) thanks for the link marshall :)

]]> By: Josh http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/23/digg-users-calling-loudly-for-new-photos-section/comment-page-1/#comment-1032354 Josh Fri, 23 Feb 2007 23:33:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/23/digg-users-calling-loudly-for-new-photos-section/#comment-1032354 Im sure Digg will listen to it's users, but where does it end? They could create infinite amounts of categories. It could get out of control quickly. Im sure Digg will listen to it’s users, but where does it end? They could create infinite amounts of categories. It could get out of control quickly.

]]> By: ...some Drifter http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/23/digg-users-calling-loudly-for-new-photos-section/comment-page-1/#comment-1032244 ...some Drifter Fri, 23 Feb 2007 23:16:42 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/23/digg-users-calling-loudly-for-new-photos-section/#comment-1032244 the digg photo section would seem very logical to digg's model - it'd be an appropriate extension the digg photo section would seem very logical to digg’s model – it’d be an appropriate extension

]]> By: Marshall Kirkpatrick http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/23/digg-users-calling-loudly-for-new-photos-section/comment-page-1/#comment-1032222 Marshall Kirkpatrick Fri, 23 Feb 2007 23:13:22 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/23/digg-users-calling-loudly-for-new-photos-section/#comment-1032222 Chris, I wouldn't call it sneaky - that player is huge and has an explicit disclosure right below it. Besides, have you noticed how there's almost no branding on that player? What a handsome devil that thing is! :) Chris, I wouldn’t call it sneaky – that player is huge and has an explicit disclosure right below it. Besides, have you noticed how there’s almost no branding on that player? What a handsome devil that thing is! :)

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