A recent article published via CNET claims that “Digg is dead“! It then goes on to blame both Facebook and Twitter for the “kill” and the “burial”. I tend to highly disagree.
1. In terms of statistics…
Digg seems to be fresh, attractive and so much alive with a high number of active visitors. (Kindly refer to the figure below)
Digg's rank on Alexa.com (ranking 105 as of Nov 09)
2. In terms of loyalty…
Digg users would not necessarily switch to Twitter or Facebook; these two do not merely compete in terms of their use and their platforms.
3. From a blogger’s perspective…
Bloggers feel the “need” for Digg, more than any other social media tool or site, in order to “drive traffic to their blogs in ways that even Twitter can’t match,” says blogger DavidRGilson. It also “helps offer a lot of blog exposure and fast indexing,” another blogger adds.
So, what I’m wondering about now is this: Based on the above realizations, how is Digg dead according to Ian Morris of CNet? Was that post really written in efforts to spite Digg because they banned the writer? Or is there something we are not being told?
