Friday, February 8, 2008

Thing 12.1 Do You Digg?

So it seems like a internet version -- user driven -- of USA Today? Social media - the popular stuff -- common to many of us -- the front page (sorted by sections - if you want) of papers everywhere. Sort of the way the strip mall is common to almost all American towns? Am I getting a better understanding of it? Following are their definitions of what they do.
Digg surfaces the best stuff as voted on by our users

Reddit: User-generated news links. Votes promote stories to the front page.

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