Those wacky folks over at Digg.com have introduced a new Slashdot-style means of rating
commenters' comments (though it seems that it may be simpler than Slashdot's?). Found via.
These sorts
of community news sites seem to provide a huge amount of their value in the comments section of each post, so it only
makes sense to take the user-centric model a step further and have readers move comments up or down by quality.
With the rise of automated memetrackers and community edited newswires, those of us seeking to add value
to readers' experiences by just plain blogging about the industry have our work cut out for us! Perhaps our value
proposition is in serving as distinctly flavored super-filters for the news that's still overwhelming even when run
through the above mentioned systems (even the guys at Digg do this with the DiggNation show), drawing unique connections that aggregators and comment
heads are unlikely to draw and...analyzing the impacts of things in the news.
Digg.com introduces comment rating feature
Reader Comments
(Page 1)2. I'm sure a number of communities have done things like this, but the fact that Digg has built up a critical mass of users and a hip ethos makes a difference. I like their new comment rating system.
Posted at 12:40PM on Mar 6th 2006 by Marshall Kirkpatrick
3. I personally like the digg.com way of doing things over the way slashdot does it. If anything, the web UI is cleaner and nicer to look at at.
It's funny how many successful sites are moving toward cleaner design, instead of graphics heavy and cluttered design.
4. Daniel, I agree. Though some have said the new digg features are superflous - I really like how the system looks and works now.
Posted at 12:06PM on Apr 14th 2006 by Marshall Kirkpatrick
5. I think it is a useful idea to rate readers' comments...at many blogs & community sites I have found the comments to be of greater value than the original content itself, and sometimes there are hundreds of comments, and would definitely like to have them rated in some way
Thanks for the note
Vic, eIT.in @ www.eit.in
Posted at 5:22AM on May 12th 2006 by Vic Verghese
1. I'm sorry, but I find it difficult to be impressed by this "innovation," as reddit has had this sort of comment system for months (and not to mention better content).
Posted at 9:56PM on Mar 4th 2006 by Karl Prigge