There’s a New Digg?!
Yes, you read correctly, there is a new Digg.com. Digg version 4 to be exact. I was finally invited to the Digg v4 Alpha months ago, so that let me take a sneak peak at what was to come. And I won't lie, the new Digg was amazing in Alpha. It is more social than ever and allows you to auto submit content from a verified RSS feed of your own. Submitting content is so much easier now, and all submitted content doesn't have that annoying Digg Bar. YES!
Screenshot Credit: Tyler S. Miller
Yesterday, Digg rolled out the new Digg v4 to everyone and if you go to http://digg.com, you will surely see the new Digg. If not, you get a clever error page. I compare this error page to the fail whale....because it is appearing a lot. The site was fine for me yesterday, but today they must be experiencing a lot more traffic. So, the Digg version of the Twitter Fail Whale appears.
Once you get beyond the broke axle, the new Digg is awesome. It's sleek, social, easy, and fun. I notice less ads on the site and thank them for making it that way. Not sure how long it will stay like that, but let's hope for a while. I love the social aspect of the site now, by making a new feature called My News, Digg allows more stories to hit the users' homepages. Before, there was one homepage, which showcased few stories daily. The new logged-in user's homepage showcases stories relevant and dugg from their friends on the site. More stories are becoming popular and more sites get the Digg Effect. There is still the normal overall home page by clicking on Top News, where you can find all subtopics as well, but the new My News feed is key.
Overall, I like the new Digg and will keep using the site. I liked it before, but now, I actually will make it a point to log into it and check what my friends are up to. What are your reactions to the new Digg?
