September 14th, 2006

Democradig is Digg without Gaming

by Joshua Porter  |   2 Comments  |  shortlink: http://bokardo.com/p/466

One of the big questions looming around the recent Digg design controversy is how can Digg be designed to be less of a haven for gaming? Well, the comments both on Bokardo and Digg were insightful, providing a huge number of thoughtful ideas. But faithful reader murtlest pointed to someone who has taken the issue a step further, actually building a site without ranking, without seeing who dugg what, and without showing the number of diggs.

It’s called Democradig.

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1.  Michal Migurski 11:57am, Thu 14th, 2006

What a ghost town!

I tried to “plus” a story, and was told that I “need to be online to vote.” Okay, I registered an account, went back to the front page, and voted for a story. The big plus-sign changed from light blue to dark blue, but there’s no other indication of human presence there. The absence of vote counts makes the site feel clinical and uninhabited – there are no fingerprints, the floors are all squeaky-clean, and your microwaved dinner gets pushed through a slot in the door by an unseen hand. It’s Kafkadig!

2.  Josh 6:39pm, Thu 14th, 2006

Kafkadig…nice!