I used to like Digg. It was a perfectly good alternative to Slashdot. The community was tech savvy – plus the stories and breaking news were interesting.

Then Digg expanded to include many categories. And Digg’s popularity grew. Now Digg is dead to me. I rarely find anything of interest though I continue to be one of the many that view Digg daily.

It bums me out. I think Digg will grow in popularity thanks to the new direction it is taking. Why? Because frankly it is becoming dumber and dumber which equates to more and more popular.

Do I have the solution? Actually, I think I do. Rewind back to the times when I did like Digg. It was the community that made it so cool. It was not gamed as heavy as it is now. The front page did not include 4-year-old viral content. It was fresh and interesting and it was the community that made it thus.

Now onto the solution: Division. Digg needs to be separated into different populations.

Having to deal with the entire population ruins Digg. The obvious response to this is going to be “Filters”. Filters are not an answer. Filters do little but narrow down what retarded content you are going to view. Want to see only retarded tech stuff? Filter out the rest.

Digg is a great idea and will continue to entertain the herd. However, Stumbleupon may be even better. Though far from perfect, it at least gets to know its users and filters what content it delivers to its users based on their behavior. When I go to Digg.com and sign in, I still get fed the junk that everybody else does.

I could ramble on further but I like to keep ideas simple. I would also like to see what others think about my thoughts in their barest form.