The redesigned Netscape.com portal by the infamous Weblogs Inc CEO, Jason Calacanis seems to be getting a lot of flak recently. With its design and concept similar to Digg, there's nothing much to go on it. Its old supporters are not happy with the new concept and want the editorial staff to add in concise headlines back up again instead of relying on social book marking. The old adage is true - don't fix something that is not broken. You'll bound to get a lot of people upset and lose your users in a big way !
Digg is only accidentally a "news site" - it's a social activity, a game where people swap interesting bookmarks. Some of the most interesting pages Digg's audience unearths aren't new at all, unless you've been on the web for less than five years. And unless you've got a photographic memory, it can be fun to find them again. The Netscape portal's traditional audience isn't interested in playing a game with the news, it just wants the headlines, and selecting a balance that keeps readers coming back is an editorial skill.
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