Lots of Changes over at Mixx
Changes, changes, changes. Somehow, Mixx is able to make changes 10 times faster than any other major social media site on the Internet. All of the changes (except one) look to improve the functionality and user experience immensely.
On their blog, they explain these changes in detail. As with any major change to a website, my natural inclination is to a) test it inside and out, looking for flaws, and, b) try to break it.
Tests went fine. Haven’t been able to break anything yet. Read more
Digg Related Stories: Coming? CONFIRMED
(UPDATE: here is the comment from a Digg programmer. It was deleted from the post, but Yahoo cache caught it. Here’s the screenshot with all the details)
A reliable source tells me that Digg is finally putting out their related stories interface that will list stories that cover the same topics as the ones discussed in each submission.
The Best Digg Tools, Reality Edition
One of the best parts about my job is that I get to talk to a lot of the top users over at Digg. This is important because the Digg algorithm is always in a constant state of tweak (a statement that can be construed properly several different ways). It changes as fast as, if not faster than, Google and other search engines. Two questions always pop up with either me asking top users or other users asking me:
“What does it take to get to the front page?”
The answer has two parts: time and tools. We can go into the time issue later, but for now, let’s assume that you have the time. The second question is:
“What are the right tools?”
There are dozens of lists of Digg tools out there. Most of them are nice and quaint, but do top users really use them. Normally, no. Here are the tools that they do use. Some are obviously loose interpretations of the word “tools” but anything that helps to achieve the goal of hitting the front page often should be listed. Read more
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