Comments on: Is Favorit a Digg killer? http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/01/is-favorit-a-digg-killer/ Startup and Technology News Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:27:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: fav.or.it l\'incrocio tra Digg e CoComments http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/01/is-favorit-a-digg-killer/#comment-1996565 fav.or.it l\'incrocio tra Digg e CoComments Sun, 17 Feb 2008 22:00:35 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/01/is-favorit-a-digg-killer/#comment-1996565 [...] fav.or.it  è un incrocio tra un aggregatore ed una comunità che si presenta molto bene ed ha avuto molti pareri favorevoli da varie autorità come TechCrunch. [...] [...] fav.or.it  è un incrocio tra un aggregatore ed una comunità che si presenta molto bene ed ha avuto molti pareri favorevoli da varie autorità come TechCrunch. [...]

]]> By: Library clips :: Knowledge network filter and sources :: December :: 2007 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/01/is-favorit-a-digg-killer/#comment-1836279 Library clips :: Knowledge network filter and sources :: December :: 2007 Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:31:46 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/01/is-favorit-a-digg-killer/#comment-1836279 [...] network version of a post from within the social network, this is a feature of social RSS Reader fav.or.it (not quite sure if it’s an actual social [...] [...] network version of a post from within the social network, this is a feature of social RSS Reader fav.or.it (not quite sure if it’s an actual social [...]

]]> By: Russell http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/01/is-favorit-a-digg-killer/#comment-1664561 Russell Mon, 08 Oct 2007 11:12:21 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/01/is-favorit-a-digg-killer/#comment-1664561 Actually, I met the CEO of the company and he explained his product in a totally different way. The way he explained the product bears little to no relation to Digg...Here is what he said: He used the concept of his father who is a fan and officianado of air guns. His dad contributes to a number of message boards and bloggs on the subject but has to manually visit each of those to do that. He also finds it time consuming to visit all those sources because he doesnt know what RSS feeds are or how they work. Using fav.or.it he can find all the best feeds and subscribe to them simply by doing a category search. Then from that interface he can simple read and comment to all those sources from one location. For the mainstream user this is an incredible product. I have no idea what this has to do with Digg or why you would even compare the two. For all the tech geniuses out there.....Joe public still doesn't even know what an RSS feed is or how to use it. Fav.or.it does a very elegant job of solving that challenge and giving them easy access to the treaure trove of data on the net. Oh, yes and it "learns" based upon your viewing habits which bloggs and feeds are more important to you and ranks them accordingly. Unlike all the cynics on here who have never built anything of any commercial value and seem to know so much, I wish the lads luck. It takes guts to be an entrepreneur and they have taken the plunge and built what seems like a very useful interface. Actually, I met the CEO of the company and he explained his product in a totally different way. The way he explained the product bears little to no relation to Digg…Here is what he said:
He used the concept of his father who is a fan and officianado of air guns. His dad contributes to a number of message boards and bloggs on the subject but has to manually visit each of those to do that. He also finds it time consuming to visit all those sources because he doesnt know what RSS feeds are or how they work.
Using fav.or.it he can find all the best feeds and subscribe to them simply by doing a category search. Then from that interface he can simple read and comment to all those sources from one location.
For the mainstream user this is an incredible product. I have no idea what this has to do with Digg or why you would even compare the two. For all the tech geniuses out there…..Joe public still doesn’t even know what an RSS feed is or how to use it. Fav.or.it does a very elegant job of solving that challenge and giving them easy access to the treaure trove of data on the net.
Oh, yes and it “learns” based upon your viewing habits which bloggs and feeds are more important to you and ranks them accordingly.
Unlike all the cynics on here who have never built anything of any commercial value and seem to know so much, I wish the lads luck. It takes guts to be an entrepreneur and they have taken the plunge and built what seems like a very useful interface.

]]> By: gaming http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/01/is-favorit-a-digg-killer/#comment-1655696 gaming Tue, 02 Oct 2007 19:19:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/01/is-favorit-a-digg-killer/#comment-1655696 "Because it will track what people actually read, Favorit will be a far more accurate reflection of what is popular online than Digg, which everyone knows is increasingly subject to gaming." IF the gaming users write some greasemonkey script to disable the timer reporting, they will not have a chance. You can't ever rely on client-side code for things like controlling users. “Because it will track what people actually read, Favorit will be a far more accurate reflection of what is popular online than Digg, which everyone knows is increasingly subject to gaming.”

IF the gaming users write some greasemonkey script to disable the timer reporting, they will not have a chance. You can’t ever rely on client-side code for things like controlling users.

]]> By: Ben http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/01/is-favorit-a-digg-killer/#comment-1655641 Ben Tue, 02 Oct 2007 18:36:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/01/is-favorit-a-digg-killer/#comment-1655641 I'm actually not a fan of the "track what's popular by how long I view it". I agree with Nate (#17). Using his example. Say you get to the end of a 3 page Wired article only to find out the title was misleading, the conclusion was just dumb, and the article sucked as a whole. Because you've spent 10 minutes reading it, it goes up in popularity though the majority of the population could very well think it's dumb. I mean it's an interesting take but maybe the combinaition of how long someone spends on the page, along with votes, and comments would be a better way to rank stories. I’m actually not a fan of the “track what’s popular by how long I view it”. I agree with Nate (#17).

Using his example. Say you get to the end of a 3 page Wired article only to find out the title was misleading, the conclusion was just dumb, and the article sucked as a whole. Because you’ve spent 10 minutes reading it, it goes up in popularity though the majority of the population could very well think it’s dumb.

I mean it’s an interesting take but maybe the combinaition of how long someone spends on the page, along with votes, and comments would be a better way to rank stories.

]]> By: techmine http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/01/is-favorit-a-digg-killer/#comment-1655365 techmine Tue, 02 Oct 2007 14:21:24 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/01/is-favorit-a-digg-killer/#comment-1655365 More than a Digg killer, the site looks a nice feed reader with LIVE commenting. I don't think Digg is ever considered as a feed reader (I would say, it is a headlines reader plus crap comments). TIme will tell, in what way favorit will compete with Digg. I hope it does. Digg needs a killer. Please. ;) More than a Digg killer, the site looks a nice feed reader with LIVE commenting. I don’t think Digg is ever considered as a feed reader (I would say, it is a headlines reader plus crap comments). TIme will tell, in what way favorit will compete with Digg. I hope it does. Digg needs a killer. Please. ;)

]]> By: Gosh http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/01/is-favorit-a-digg-killer/#comment-1655363 Gosh Tue, 02 Oct 2007 14:16:11 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/01/is-favorit-a-digg-killer/#comment-1655363 I wonder what Arrington would have written about this site. I think it would have been at least one paragraph. I wonder what Arrington would have written about this site. I think it would have been at least one paragraph.

]]> By: Magnus http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/01/is-favorit-a-digg-killer/#comment-1655359 Magnus Tue, 02 Oct 2007 14:10:27 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/01/is-favorit-a-digg-killer/#comment-1655359 Why is the name in Swedish? ;-) Why is the name in Swedish? ;-)

]]> By: share.websitemagazine.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/01/is-favorit-a-digg-killer/#comment-1655350 share.websitemagazine.com Tue, 02 Oct 2007 14:00:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/01/is-favorit-a-digg-killer/#comment-1655350 <strong>Is Favorit a Digg killer?...</strong> Favorit brings together blog reading and replying into one simple web application. Its innovative web interface is designed to allow users to let users read any kind of RSS feed, cut-up, mashed-up with other feeds or “sliced” in any kind of way.... Is Favorit a Digg killer?…

Favorit brings together blog reading and replying into one simple web application. Its innovative web interface is designed to allow users to let users read any kind of RSS feed, cut-up, mashed-up with other feeds or “sliced” in any kind of way….

]]> By: Beas http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/01/is-favorit-a-digg-killer/#comment-1655330 Beas Tue, 02 Oct 2007 13:42:49 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/01/is-favorit-a-digg-killer/#comment-1655330 If you want a Digg killer you need a Digg-style community. Thats Diggs main asset.In addition, I dont see much relationship between Digg and this startup. If you want a Digg killer you need a Digg-style community. Thats Diggs main asset.In addition, I dont see much relationship between Digg and this startup.

]]> By: julia http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/01/is-favorit-a-digg-killer/#comment-1655328 julia Tue, 02 Oct 2007 13:42:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/01/is-favorit-a-digg-killer/#comment-1655328 Why are you comparing it to Digg? It's a more advanced rss reader. Google RSS and bloglines are the direct rivals. Why are you comparing it to Digg? It’s a more advanced rss reader. Google RSS and bloglines are the direct rivals.

]]> By: Nate Weiner http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/01/is-favorit-a-digg-killer/#comment-1655324 Nate Weiner Tue, 02 Oct 2007 13:39:24 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/01/is-favorit-a-digg-killer/#comment-1655324 Initially, I think it sounds like a great concept. However, I don't think simply ranking items by the time spent on a page is very effective. Consider the difference between a page with a cool photo, and a 3 page article on Wired. The photo only takes 10 seconds to look at and the Wired article would take about 10 minutes. On digg they'd share the same level of popularity, but on here you would see the blog post absolutely crushing the photo. So it wouldn't necessarily rank popularity, but just how long it takes for you to view the content. Initially, I think it sounds like a great concept.

However, I don’t think simply ranking items by the time spent on a page is very effective. Consider the difference between a page with a cool photo, and a 3 page article on Wired. The photo only takes 10 seconds to look at and the Wired article would take about 10 minutes. On digg they’d share the same level of popularity, but on here you would see the blog post absolutely crushing the photo.

So it wouldn’t necessarily rank popularity, but just how long it takes for you to view the content.

]]> By: God http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/01/is-favorit-a-digg-killer/#comment-1655158 God Tue, 02 Oct 2007 10:24:15 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/01/is-favorit-a-digg-killer/#comment-1655158 Nothing about this site makes any sense on any level. Who is the target market? Who will leave digg for it? Digg is about people promoting their own sites under the guise of news and 12 yr olds commenting. This will kill digg, No, this will not gain any traction, will not make any adsense money and will be toast in a few months. The only people who will make money are the people who arrange the VC money train to fund this loser. 100 million websites and only 100 are really useful. Nothing about this site makes any sense on any level.

Who is the target market?
Who will leave digg for it?

Digg is about people promoting their own sites under the guise of news and 12 yr olds commenting.

This will kill digg, No, this will not gain any traction, will not make any adsense money and will be toast in a few months.

The only people who will make money are the people who arrange the VC money train to fund this loser.

100 million websites and only 100 are really useful.

]]> By: Dev http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/01/is-favorit-a-digg-killer/#comment-1655049 Dev Tue, 02 Oct 2007 08:01:44 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/01/is-favorit-a-digg-killer/#comment-1655049 Is blah blah a digg killer? is this and that.. an iPod killer? sensationalise just about anything!! Is blah blah a digg killer?
is this and that.. an iPod killer?

sensationalise just about anything!!

]]> By: Rune W. Ecklon http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/01/is-favorit-a-digg-killer/#comment-1655035 Rune W. Ecklon Tue, 02 Oct 2007 07:46:20 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/01/is-favorit-a-digg-killer/#comment-1655035 #11: Why use british spelling over american? English has become a world language and people may use it as they see fit. English has always been a language in transformation and still so. Just deal with it. #11: Why use british spelling over american? English has become a world language and people may use it as they see fit.

English has always been a language in transformation and still so. Just deal with it.

]]> By: Jon http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/01/is-favorit-a-digg-killer/#comment-1654901 Jon Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:45:39 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/01/is-favorit-a-digg-killer/#comment-1654901 So is fav.or.it biting the in-development FeedSlice's terminology for slices? I think so. So is fav.or.it biting the in-development FeedSlice’s terminology for slices? I think so.

]]> By: Charles http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/01/is-favorit-a-digg-killer/#comment-1654892 Charles Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:29:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/01/is-favorit-a-digg-killer/#comment-1654892 I think its going to be a great idea, I even signed up to see what happens. I can say that it is going to take some time to climb but when it does... Well only time will tell. But it will be good to write about over at tsotd.com I think its going to be a great idea, I even signed up to see what happens. I can say that it is going to take some time to climb but when it does… Well only time will tell. But it will be good to write about over at tsotd.com

]]> By: the rooster http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/01/is-favorit-a-digg-killer/#comment-1654885 the rooster Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:18:08 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/01/is-favorit-a-digg-killer/#comment-1654885 what an ultra stuipid brand name... the could have at least tried to spel it rite! favourite has a U in it... and an E at the end... the UK folks could have at least got the U part rite - stupid umerican speling! what an ultra stuipid brand name… the could have at least tried to spel it rite!

favourite has a U in it… and an E at the end… the UK folks could have at least got the U part rite - stupid umerican speling!

]]> By: Jhon http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/01/is-favorit-a-digg-killer/#comment-1654866 Jhon Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:02:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/01/is-favorit-a-digg-killer/#comment-1654866 Looks like another "Me too, nothing (new) to see here". See you on the DeadPool in 6 months... Looks like another “Me too, nothing (new) to see here”.
See you on the DeadPool in 6 months…

]]> By: barefootmeg http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/01/is-favorit-a-digg-killer/#comment-1654851 barefootmeg Tue, 02 Oct 2007 03:45:42 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/01/is-favorit-a-digg-killer/#comment-1654851 I like the idea that it tracks how long I'm on a post. If I glance at a post and can tell right away that it's not something I'm interested in and move on, then that should count as less eyeball time than when I not only read a post from beginning to end but then end up linking to it from other relevant locations. I look forward to checking that aspect out. Unfortunately, I think the last thing we need online is yet another blogging location. *sigh* I like the idea that it tracks how long I’m on a post. If I glance at a post and can tell right away that it’s not something I’m interested in and move on, then that should count as less eyeball time than when I not only read a post from beginning to end but then end up linking to it from other relevant locations.

I look forward to checking that aspect out. Unfortunately, I think the last thing we need online is yet another blogging location. *sigh*

]]> By: SteveBallmer http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/01/is-favorit-a-digg-killer/#comment-1654849 SteveBallmer Tue, 02 Oct 2007 03:45:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/01/is-favorit-a-digg-killer/#comment-1654849 Digg was obsolete one week after it initially launched. Made obsolete by MSN Ultra Weblinker Service link server! http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com Digg was obsolete one week after it initially launched. Made obsolete by MSN Ultra Weblinker Service link server!
http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com

]]> By: phenom http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/01/is-favorit-a-digg-killer/#comment-1654801 phenom Tue, 02 Oct 2007 03:13:14 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/01/is-favorit-a-digg-killer/#comment-1654801 I don't see it as a digg killer....rather I can think of creating applications using their API I don’t see it as a digg killer….rather I can think of creating applications using their API

]]> By: Denis González http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/01/is-favorit-a-digg-killer/#comment-1654768 Denis González Tue, 02 Oct 2007 02:31:12 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/01/is-favorit-a-digg-killer/#comment-1654768 Well, the problem is to create a wide community as digg. I don't see it as a 'dig killer' Well, the problem is to create a wide community as digg. I don’t see it as a ‘dig killer’

]]> By: David http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/01/is-favorit-a-digg-killer/#comment-1654761 David Tue, 02 Oct 2007 02:27:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/01/is-favorit-a-digg-killer/#comment-1654761 Too bad - there needs to be a Digg killer. Too bad - there needs to be a Digg killer.

]]> By: James Thomas http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/01/is-favorit-a-digg-killer/#comment-1654754 James Thomas Tue, 02 Oct 2007 02:24:50 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/01/is-favorit-a-digg-killer/#comment-1654754 As I <a href="http://www.mentallyretired.com/2007/09/26/you-are-not-building-a-youtube-killer/" rel="nofollow">point out here</a>, no... it won't be... Site does look cool though. As I point out here, no… it won’t be…

Site does look cool though.

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