As a long-time Slashdotter, I was quite disdainful of Digg when it first came around. It looked like a bad ripoff of the fundamental idea behind Slashdot, taken to the heights of the new fangled “Web 2.0″ thingy.
But truth be told, I do find myself reading Digg from time to time. While the quality of comments and the average maturity of the users seems rather low, they do come up with some interesting stories (which tend to cover a broader range of topics, too).
Now, despite everything that Slashdotters whine about, Slashdot is one of the more mature forums out there. Not only does the crowd tend to be a little older, it also tends to be remarkably mature (you always have the occasional frost pist posts, of course - and I can’t believe I’m using mature and Slashdot in the same sentence).
So, today, I was reading Digg when I noticed something — it sounds like every other article was submitted by a 14 year old. For instance, look at this screenshot of the top stories active on the home page right now:
And in case you did not catch it, here is a list of the articles:
- Digg’s Blog This Feature is a Haven for Spammers
- Ubuntu Ultimate Edition!
- Steve Jobs Keynote Bloopers!
- Antarctica Errupts!
- Supermarket asks man, 87, for ID
- Do You Know What Lives In Your Eyelashes?
- Guy Selling every NES game ever made on eBay!! With pics!
With the number of exclamation marks out there (not to mention the 13 year old-ish comments that abound on Digg), a profound (and perhaps divine, even) revelation came to me.
I was stuck by the following image, from not too long ago:
See the similarity? That’s it! Slashdotters want to be like Digg users. That is why they went OMG PONIES!!!
Damn, I should write this stuff down. I’m good.
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