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initial digg impressions:

what's the point of submitting descriptions to posts when i can't see them anymore with the new digg interface?

and why do i have to click on a story in friends upcoming to digg it? i hate adding page views (click the story on digg, THEN click the story to view it myself)... firefox is already a ram hog and adding unnecessary mouseclicks kills usability imo.

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11 months ago by Tamar W.

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    Linda S. Linda S. replied Sep 20th
    Ugh! I haven't fully looked through the changes, but the major thing I noticed is the inability to see the description of the article. It's going to be a pain in the butt to deal with.
  • Kelly L. Kelly L. replied Sep 20th
    No kidding! I just signed in a took a peek. No descriptions on friends submitted. What is the point? They trying to drive us away from our friends list? digg only works right if you back out of your profile. All this stuff you can do with your friends now...except browse their submitted stories in a normal fashion?? wth?

    Also, (nitpick) is everyone's icon pixelated all to hell on your profile page...or just mine?
  • Barbara K. B. Barbara K. B. replied Sep 20th
    Kelly - Mine looks awful also.

    I actually find it kinda funny, really: drop text and newsy element to go more graphic and social but mess up the biggest graphic folks have uploaded to the site: their avatar.

    I am more convinced that Kevin is responding to pressure from investors to take his huge digg numbers and stats and take on Facebook. This was a rushed redesign job.

    My question: what happens to our Pownce?
  • Miguel L. Miguel L. replied Sep 20th
    Initial impressions (and I mean it, less than 5 mins):
    They probably took out the descriptions to look more like reddit or delicious... it makes sense when you are going thru your own stuff, like my diggs and submissions, but it should be an option in the profile to bring it back
    I think that by hiding the "digg it" link they are trying to discourage "blind" diggs (digging w/o reading the actual article), but I dont think is a very good way to do it.
    And the shouts... well, at least now I dont have to use pownce or twitter to spam my friends for diggs ;)
  • Kelly L. Kelly L. replied Sep 20th
    Unfortunately, it seems they are encouraging submission spamming the way friends submitted is set up now. I hate that thought. The site will get lame real fast if you have to shout at your friends to get diggs.
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    Linda S. Linda S. replied Sep 20th
    Ugh. I can't even see if my friends have dug any of my submissions, which I know they have! This is rather cumbersome. I do have to admit that I like quite a number of features, but sadly, the fact that we cannot see the description of things submitted overclouds everything else.
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    Neoncobra R. Neoncobra R. replied Sep 20th
    I don't like the changes that Digg made. I think digg'll lost a lot of visitors that liked previous site version
  • KrAzYkOrEaN !. KrAzYkOrEaN !. replied Sep 20th
    I concur

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