Comments on: Digg Was My Local Bar, Then They Ruined It

By: Robin Cannon

Robin Cannon — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:57:01 +0000

@James Duthie – Very much so, I think it’s kind of a constant that there’ll be a certain amount of resentment, however unreasonable.

@Meryn Stol – Yeah, I think you’re right. I think the two main developments we’re seeing are niche social networking (e.g. Sphinn) and targetted social networking (e.g. FriendFeed or Twitter).

By: Meryn Stol

Meryn Stol — Thu, 08 May 2008 08:27:22 +0000

You’re totally right on digg. Reddit is still quite good.

But I don’t think the same will happen to friendfeed, because the default view is news from your own network. In essence, you create your own place. You only have to be around the cool kids, if you wish. Any mainstream activity will never reach you. Isn’t that bliss?

Ofcourse, the cool kids might eventually turn to a (hypothetical) better friendfeed just because of the better interaction possibilities, but this time, it won’t be because the place gets to crowded. Site like friendfeed won’t ever feel crowded.

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By: James Duthie

James Duthie — Thu, 08 May 2008 03:00:17 +0000

Nice analogy Robin… except that I’m too old to hang out at bars and clubs now :) This behaviour will always occur though. There’s rumblings at Sphinn from some of the older fraternity that it’s happening over there as well. Early adopters will always feel this way when their playground becomes popular & commercialised.

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By: Robin Cannon

Robin Cannon — Thu, 08 May 2008 00:31:58 +0000

I think there are a lot of parallels. In regards to Twitter I think it’s a slightly different situation because you can target it effectively so you retain your preferred group to socialise with.

I was originally just going to write in general about mainstream vs niche, but once I got started it meshed well with my post about internet residents vs tourists a few days ago – Lost On The Internet.

But yeah, success does breed new developments, and I think that’s the important thing to acknowledge.

By: Mark Dykeman

Mark Dykeman — Wed, 07 May 2008 23:49:00 +0000

Your description of Digg reminds me of my Twitter Club post. However, you do make a good point about how success leads to cool new places opening up. Mark Dykemans last blog post..I went willingly… to Alltop