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about digg: frequently asked questions

We offer the finest website to the public who might remember the implementation of digg.com under kevin rose startup days (as digg api v1 + v2 but absolutely no v3 rewrite) and how it empowered the user to decide what stories make it to the homepage via user submitted votes or diggs daily promoting the good in the news submitted. Well sir we are bringing it back!

  1. Digg is a technology news website that combines social bookmarking, blogging, RSS, and non-hierarchical editorial control. With digg, users submit stories for review, but rather than allow an editor to decide which stories go on the homepage, the users do.
  2. Once a story is submitted by a user it is instantly posted in the digg area queue. This is a temporary holding place where stories wait to be promoted to the homepage. To help promote stories to the homepage, simply visit the digg area and digg stories you think are cool. Once a story has received enough diggs, it is instantly promoted. Should the story not receive enough diggs, or is reported, it eventually falls out of the digg area queue. Digg works because a large group of people actively promote good stories to the homepage. Since this site's content is user-driven, it is up to YOU to contribute.
  3. Submitting stories is easy. Simply click on "submit a story" and enter the URL of the story you would like to submit. Then fill out a title, description, and category for the story. Should you encounter a potential duplicate, please digg the original story and do not submit a duplicate entry.
  4. There are currently two types of digg news you can add to your website, digg homepage news and digg user news. If you would like to add the latest digg homepage stories to your website simply click "add digg news" on the digg homepage right navigation. To add digg user news, (your latest diggs, or someone else's) visit the user's profile you would like to add (digg.com/users/username) and click "add this feed" in the digging history navigation.
  5. Digg currently supports single click blog posting to Typepad, Blogger, Live Journal, Moveable Type, and Wordpress. To blog any story within digg, simply click "blog story".
  6. Every time you digg, submit, or comment on a story it is bookmarked and stored within your user profile. To visit your user profile, click your username on the top navigation or enter any user's address manually: digg.com/users/username.
  7. Ever want to group multiple friend's RSS feeds together? With digg friends you can now track all your friend's diggs/stories/comments under one place. Visit the "friends" tab under your user profile to add and remove friends.
  8. Digg gives moderation control back to the community. Should you run across any stories with bad links, irrelevant content, or duplicate entries, please report them using the "problem" report feature.
  9. Next to each comment is a small "x" which allows users to block other user's comments. If you've accidentally blocked someone and wish to unblock them, you can do so in your personal profile account settings.
  10. To contact us, please visit our contact page.
  11. Use our atom feed in your favorite rss reader and keep up with our latest news.