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It is a pity an action like a “digg” is tied to one site, one owner. Imagine if someone had launched “email.com” way back when and staked an exclusive claim to that action. We’d then have a slew of services that were the same or similar b
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We will only get to a ubiquitous name for bookmarking again, when you can easily exchange and access bookmarks from different services. In the same way that your email provider does not limit you to sending/receiving emails to/from people that use the same provider.
2 years ago
Also there is enough difference between delicious et. al. and normal browser bookmarking that bookmarking isn't sufficient.
2 years ago
I agree completely that a single term that everyone uses would be great; it's just not going to happen until the data store for your bookmarks (or whatever you want to call them ;-)) becomes irrelevant.
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Maybe in these <strike>Web 2.0</strike> days we should call them "bookmarks 2.0" :-P
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Yeah, assuming that by "grand" you mean "annoying". I bookmark sites, i rank them mentally by how often i see them cited elsewhere, adjusting these mental ranks based on my personal opinion towards those i see lauding them.
I've never "dugg" a website, i never hope "to digg" one. You may think it's "cool" and "rad", but to me it just don't sound fun.
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2 years ago
Hmm...
I like posting pointless comments on Paul Watson's blog; "watsoning", if you will. I can't really say my life would really improve if i could "watson" other people's blogs though.
Oh, wait, i can and do. I just call it "commenting". How grand is that!
2 years ago
Break the terms free of the sites I say. Like email.
2 years ago
As i see it, a word like "digg" comes into being for two reasons: 1) the company wants a trademark, and 2) they don't have a good way of equating their function with something familiar. Not that they weren't trying - "to dig" is classic jive slang for understanding and enjoyment. But jive slang itself is hardly common - even the canonical jive meaning of the word "jive" is rarely used (that is, if something like jive could be said to have canon). Essentially, they created a word to describe something they weren't smart enough to describe using the existing vernacular of their intended users. (that, or maybe jive is really common among diggers. i'm still not entirely clear exactly who digg is targeted at).
So if it bugs you, fix it. Come up with a word that describes what you're doing, and make it popular. Add it to your site, tout it to your colleagues, make some noise.
Here's my suggestion: add some of those stupid links to your website. You know, the ones that usually say something like "digg this". Make 'em say "Recommend this on Digg". Fight the power, Paul - fight the power...
2 years ago
Frankly I can't stand digg. Such a juvenile site. And I don't much like the term either. It is just one that the people I am trying to bitch slap into changing will like.
It isn't just one word either. It is a way of doing all new things, of not claiming exclusivity to an action's term. For the betterment of man and all that.
2 years ago
I agree with Shog. If we want to change the world, then we have to do something about it. The change has to start somewhere, and where better than here?
I guess it's got slightly out of hand with the example you gave, but I get the point. Digg have their term and other similar sites have their own term, and yes it would be great if there was just one term that was independent of the data silo.
The problem is that there are many different companies offering the same or similar services. Bloggers wanting to get their posts noticed add "digg this", and so on links to several sites, to get more attention, because there is no way of saying link this post to whichever bookmarking silo you want to use, unlike email.
2 years ago
That is what I want.
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