Comments on: Reddit sends more, Diggers read more.

By: Lincoln

Lincoln — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 06:33:43 +0000

I can vouch for the monstrous number of submissions on Digg. I once submitted an article and it promptly showed up on page 16 of the latest Diggs a mere 30 seconds later. Ok that’s a bit of an exaggeration, but not by much, unfortunately.

The funny thing is that I thought Reddit was the technically minded network, while it was Digg itself that was more of a general social news site. Go figure.

In any event I don’t think you have to rig Digg votes to get it to the front page. You simply have to keep a Digg button on your actual article, and if enough visitors who are also Digg members dig your content, it should eventually be popularized and show up on the main page, though it might take considerable time. I’ve noticed only recently that articles months and even over a year old would finally get its moment in the sun due to it gradually being dug by Diggsters over that same period of time. Sometimes patience really is a virtue. :-)

By: Devindra

Devindra — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 04:31:09 +0000

Nick seems to have hit the target–it’s all about the blurb. The thing with Reddit is that even if someone wants to downmod your story, they still usually need to click on the link to make sure it’s something they disagree with. Giving Reddit users the benefit of the doubt, this is probably another big contributor to Reddit traffic.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 23:05:16 +0000

I’ve noticed that the traffic coming from Digg for a frontpage story isn’t as crazy as it was before. Maybe 6 – 8 months ago, it could be a real strain. However, after they made those changes to how the site was organized, it went down considerably (to the point where if my site gets Dugg, I sometimes don’t notice).

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 19:47:06 +0000

Digg includes a blurb, which can either result in “oh I get the point, so I don’t need to read it all,” or “nevermind, that’s not interesting, I’m not gonna read it.” Reddit just has basically one sentence (or less) in the link text, and you have to actually click the link and read the referenced site to get any content. I’m guessing this is a large part of why a “redditing” would result in more hits than being dugg.

By: indy

indy — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 19:06:33 +0000

When I first visited reddit, I liked it immediately, added it to my rss feed (google reader), and I haven’t seen reddit since. I get redirected to the destination site by reddit itself. I could care less about the alien, the comments, or the site itself…

By: yuvu

yuvu — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 17:28:14 +0000

Personally I’m liking stirrdup (www.stirrdup.com) a lot better than both lately. The points system seems more geared towards stories that genuinely interest people versus the obvious agendas of both Digg and Reddit. Seems more fair to everyone to me.

By: james

james — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 15:19:47 +0000

I’ve been having those exact same thoughts over the last few months. don’t tell everyone though. should have been our little secret!

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