I have noticed some big memes being notably absent from the Digg front page (and relevant category pages). A search generally finds a plethora of duplicate submissions, all with a good start in terms of diggs but not enough to send them into the path of the main Digg audience.

Whilst Techmeme seems to faithfully pick up the conversations that are driving commentary (and traffic) Digg seems to be busy with stories that have ‘Digg’ or ‘Amazing’ in the headline. All of this makes me question the purpose of Digg? Much of the content doesn’t even seem to be current. The process seems more akin to rough waters kicking up silt from the sea floor. Sometimes treasure is revealed. But generally its just silt.

I wonder whether giving the Digg users the option of marking a story as being a dupe would at least take some of the chance out of whether memes make it or not.

I am a big fan of Digg – particularly the social tools they’ve provided – as it is now a conveniant way to share stories with friends. I do find however that the content on Techmeme does seem to be more relevant and less likely to be missing important conversations.

Stumble it!