Image via WikipediaOver the last month, I’ve been working with my Friendfeed account and building my rep on the site. I know some people will flaunt everything they come across on their accounts, particularily a guy whose last name rhymes with “Noble,” but FriendFeed allows me to do stuff that I could never do on Digg. Here are a few things FriendFeed has going for it that beats Digg:
The ability to share into rooms, and not pages
While many people submit their articles to Digg with hopes that they’ll make it to the front page, most of the time their articles end up slumming it in the Upcoming section, and stay there for an eternity. With Friendfeed, I can send an article to a room, where many people have a chance to like/comment on it before it disappears from the page.
The ability to work with custom niches
On Digg, there are sections you can submit articles to, but they tend to be very broad. The most specific category for Technology is Apple. But on Friendfeed, there are rooms for Apple, and the iPhone, the App Store, etc. It gets to the real dirt under the umbrella topics. You don’t see that with Digg
Just more categories, period.
Another thing to note is that I can create as many categories as I want, on whatever I want. On Digg, I only get whatever they give me, and that’s it. Often times, those categories are so vague that I don’t know where to put an article, so I just guess. On Friendfeed, if I don’t see a room about the topic, I’ll create one. (I already admin 4 different rooms!)
Lastly, I also get more interaction on FF then I do on Digg. I get more comments, more likes, and people seem more interested in it. On Digg, if it’s not dugg by a shitload of people, it pretty much doesn’t exist. Take a lesson from FriendFeed, Digg, and get more friendly.
