Why we're better than digg

Then you've lost something which you'll never gain back. Imagine if I had done the same with my experience here at Newsvine. The first article I read on Newsvine was a Goodby article from some user named "yar". My second article was another Goodby article by the same user. The third article I read was a final goodby article by same user. If I were you, I wouldn't have said bye-bye to Newsvine and left.

The wouldn't in the last line should have said would have.

I wish we had a 120 second edit window like on Digg.

The third article I read was a final goodby article by same user. If I were you, I wouldn't have said bye-bye to Newsvine and left.

It seems your not a fan of Newsvine, like most of us are. Why are you here and not on Digg?

Maaz, dude, that was a lame attempt to intimidate me. Remember, bro, I ain't gonna get intimidated. After all, I'm from Digg. Hehehe.

You are chooseing to digress from the point of Mr.Ford's comment and my response to him. Which is that you can't just judge something just by reading two articles. Do you have anything to add to that? Or are you just content with making Newsvine-patriotic comments and then resting and waiting for your fan club to come and digg up your comment?

I read the Newsvine code of honor and I couldn't find anywhere where it said that you have to be a fan of Newsvine to participate. So, where did you pull this out from?

Abdul, when you are new to Newsvine and insult Newsvine and praise Digg, it just doesn't sit well with people. It makes it seem like you are here to troll. I'm sure you are not here to be disrespectful, but sometimes you come off that way. You are right, you do not have to be a fan of Newsvine to participate. It's just kind of weird that someone would spend time in a place they don't like. To be honest, I don't think you dislike Newsvine as much as you appeared to at first. Is it growing on you just a little bit? That happens with some users. :)

I read the Newsvine code of honor and I couldn't find anywhere where it said that you have to be a fan of Newsvine to participate.

This would be like me taking part in gay midget porn. I wouldn't like it at all and would complain all the time at how much it blows (or fails to), and when somebody suggests that if I'm happy I should move out, I get my knickers in a twist and claim that just because I'm not a fan of taking part of a homosexual orgy of people under 3 feet having ravenous buttsex does not mean I cannot participate.

This would be like me taking part in gay midget porn. I wouldn't like it at all and would complain all the time at how much it blows (or fails to),

pun intended?

That has got to offend someone.

Probably gay midget porno actors.

From recent personal experience, it is worse than user fraud. There is a definite sense of self-promotion and a secret army at Digg that plays havoc with anything that goes against the Digg agenda. Very unsavoury. May have a bigger user base but it is arguable how valuable that really is, other than possibly helping the Google search algorythms for search results of sites linked from Digg. Hope I haven't broken the Newsvine code of ethics by speaking my mind.

Newsvine is a whole lot better, real and user-friendly. For a social networking site, the Vine is the model! Great video - I'm to new to have gotten to know Stacy but she comes across as an excellent ambassador.

Bubblewrap. Positive Vibes. On the Vine.

"We're better than digg." That's a bit unsporting is it not?

Hitting DIGG users in the knee with a miniature baseball bat and then yelling "DIGG THAT, @!$%#!" would be unsporting.

"Why we're better than DIGG" is a bit of community based, predictable cheerleading meant in good humor.

Plus -- we're better than DIGG.

;)

Hitting DIGG users in the knee with a miniature baseball bat and then yelling "DIGG THAT, @!$%#!" would be unsporting.

would also be child cruelty. Viners are above such acts of thuggery :-)

Hitting DIGG users in the knee with a miniature baseball bat and then yelling "DIGG THAT, @!$%#!" would be unsporting.

OMG, the first time I laughed out loud this morning. Thanks.
-Rob

Hitting DIGG users in the knee with a miniature baseball bat and then yelling "DIGG THAT, @!$%#!" would be unsporting.

The day there's a Digg get-together is the day you'll see the Drollhouse barging in and doing this very thing.

Though I think we'll probably be using aluminum baseball bats instead.

Just don't piss off those Reddit people.

They're feisty.

One way to not piss off Redditts. Avoid them like the plague!

Curse you, internet web filters. I'll have to watch it when I get off of work.

I agree with Joules here, I think the respect is what makes the community run so smooth. There's something about the site and the people on it that makes you really push for it, you want it to do well and to never sink to the level of so many other sites out there that host debate have. I've seen members that will come on with an "I'm going to destroy you!" attitude which fades pretty fast when they are only met time and time again with civil debate. Heck, I'm no stranger to fighting dirty myself, but I try to conduct myself in a manner that I can have pride in because I feel that it's a site and a community that is worthy of much respect.

Well, that and when I start getting all uppity, Watts comes and yells at me. And you don't want the Watts lecture, trust me. ;)

I know this will be dugg down

Abdul - think you are aware that a comment can't get buried on the Vine. Only reported if it goes against the CoH. It's a differentiator. Did you copy the same comment on Digg? If so, curious what the reaction was there:-)

a few real good writers, Killfile being one of them

I truly believe that Killfile is the reincarnate of God, who used to hang out here before as Claus Jacobsen.

Maybe true that many there don't read, but some do. Including insiders who will simply bury the article and probably mark it as 'inaccurate'. I got so pissed off with some gems that went that way on Digg that I swore I'd never return. But dying to know if it has been posted.

Meh, just another meaningless soundbite.
Dude, exactly how do you know that most people vote without reading anything? And no, it is not easy to make the front page. Try it.

Abdul - assuming your title and summary is half-decent, you have an army of 'friends' to swarm around your piece, and you are a little selective of your topic (leftist, conspiracy theories, Apple, pro-Digg), you will make it to the FP. Else, you might as well whistle till the cows come home.

Meh, Just another meaningless soundbite.

Right now, these are the news outlets for some of the stories on digg's front page:

bbc
livescience.com
chicagotribune.com
space.com
techcrunch.com
ubuntuforums.org
msnbc.com

Methinks they qualify as reputable news outlets.

Ya know, it might help if you back up yer claims with substance else you might come across lookin' like a Dick. Dick Cheney, I mean.

As for credibility, you just read what you like. Hover your mouse over the link and you see where's it points to. Proceed if you like.

Listen bro, bashing Digg ain't gonna make Newsvine better. Newsvine and Digg have different purposes. You'll sleep well if you recognize that. Look at the most active stories for Newsvine right now, 3 of the 6 are just articles about Newsvine written by Newsvine users. Whaddya think about that??

I think most people actually don't mind so long as it's on-topic and it's not an "every comment I make is a link to my own content" type of thing.