Comments on: Does Digg Need a Pictures Section?

By: Adam Nollmeyer

Adam Nollmeyer — Wed, 23 May 2007 22:41:04 +0000

As a professional photographer I use flickr.com to showcase my newer work to existing clients and to put work up that I may not put on a website in the “best of” section, but still work that is interesting and shows what I have been doing the last day, week, month etc. I also use it in conjunction with my blog (the one that I need to update)

Too many photographers build a website, then NEVER update the freakin’ thing! A flickr stream is not as professional for booking and selling my professional services, but it does allow me to connect with fellow photographers, friends and potential clients.

So flickr is important to me. I would be interested in being able to tap into digg.com for exposure and web traffic.

I will also say that I don’t always “get” digg, but maybe Brian can fill me in more when we both have 10 hours to kill.

It may be a good way for photographers to be featured and to get more exposure, but I’m not the digg expert, so I’ll just have to wait and see what happens!

Later,

Adam Nollmeyer
Acme Photography

http://www.acmephotography.net – Web
http://www.flickr.com/photos/acmephoto – Recent Images
http://acmephoto.blogspot.com – BLOG

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 23 May 2007 12:16:33 +0000

http://digg.com/about

This used to say something along the lines of a “tech news” site. Now they say it’s a “user driven social content website” (holy buzz words, Batman).

They finally got the picture that digg is to news as myspace is to bands.

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 23 May 2007 02:01:21 +0000

You’re asking the wrong question. Is Digg really a “news” site at all? And if it is, do its owners/readers/users want it to stay that way?

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 22 May 2007 23:07:48 +0000

I agree with Scott. I think taking a step back and answering the higher level question of “What is the purpose of a Pictures section?” might be useful.

If the goal is to simply have a place for popular photos to be tagged/rated and as a side note bring people to interesting content, then yes, maybe it is beneficial for the digg model to include this feature.

But, if we are talking about “pictures as content”, then I believe it needs to stand alone as a separate entity.

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 22 May 2007 19:28:35 +0000

Now I’m confused… are we talking about a “Photography” section (news about photography) or a “Pictures” special feature (like the videos page, for funny/unusual photos)?

By: Brian Auer

Brian Auer — Tue, 22 May 2007 18:51:35 +0000

I say let digg keep their mitts off photography. StumpleUpon! has pretty good photography support, and photographyVoter (http://www.photographyVoter.com) has nothing BUT photography support. Digg is too big for it’s own good — I much perfer a smaller community with a tight focus on specific topics.

By: Erma

Erma — Tue, 22 May 2007 16:01:46 +0000

It appears that Digg will have to make a decision soon. But, for photo related news one of my favorites is a little known one — http://imaginginsider.com. (Imaging Insider.)

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 22 May 2007 15:26:49 +0000

I use the videos section at least twice daily. It’s never news, but it’s usually great content. Why not photos too? In fact, just a few days ago I submitted a photo’s “story” to Digg.

Digg stopped being a news-only service a long time ago (in web years anyway).

By: Does Digg need a Photo Category? at CameraPorn

Does Digg need a Photo Category? at CameraPorn — Tue, 22 May 2007 15:21:30 +0000

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By: rygood

rygood — Tue, 22 May 2007 15:15:02 +0000

I would argue strongly against flickr explore being an alternative (and i LOVE all things flickr), only because a photo section on digg would mean so much more than just a way to show cool photos. As a photo-nut, i always appreciate a photo related entry on digg, which can include in-depth tutorials on retouching, equipment announcements and reviews as well as interviews with prominent photographers. I think the demand is obviously there, so why not?

A digg-clone site called photographyvoter.com was launched recently, and though it doesn’t get or give anywhere near digg traffic, a lot of the entries lead to quality photo related content, and having a post recently published there, it does generate a bit of targeted traffic to my site.

Do it digg! give us a photos section!