Digg: democratizing digital media

Features and Uses

Submit news stories or videos

Join the Conversation--read and post comments to any story on the site

Be part of a Community--keep in touch with what your friends find interesting

More about how Digg works

Applications of Information Fluency

Locating information that is popular

Deciding the fate of information by selecting (digging) or burying it

Building a network, enabling you and your friends collectively to find news together

Sharing your opinions by commenting on stories, videos, and podcasts as well as Digging and Burying comments (evaluations) by other users

Activities to try

Go to Digg

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Explore stories of interest, take the tour

Look at Digg Stack

Challenge: Search Digg for community comments on one or more of the following:

Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus - Use Digg comments to determine if such a creature exists.

Martin Luther King Jr. - Use Digg comments to determine the credibility of this site

First Male Pregnancy - Use Digg comments to determine the credibility of this site