<![CDATA[io9: Digg]]> http://cache.io9.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png <![CDATA[io9: Digg]]> http://io9.com/tag/digg http://io9.com/tag/digg <![CDATA[If Websites Were Nations, Digg and Reddit Would Go to War]]> What if the websites we choose to frequent weren't merely websites, but nations that reflect our homes and ideals? The comic War imagines a world where website membership equals citizenship, and the reddit aliens "liberate" Diggers from their oligarchy. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5429351&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Study Shows Digg Freezes Innovation Among Its Users]]> Transparently-shared ideas, like those that circulate on popular social networks such as Digg, Delicious, and StumbleUpon, may be destroying people's creativity. According to a new study published today by two cognitive scientists, people who share ideas in large groups tend to stagnate rather than innovate. They "glom onto" popular ideas and then don't pursue new discoveries or breakthroughs because they've already accepted the common wisdom of the crowd. Small groups, however, offer a different story. More »
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