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Digg gets an (unofficial) image section

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Digg plans to launch an image section next month. It will let users submit and vote on interesting and funny pictures without the need to write (PIC) in the headline. Presumably, the site will also include image thumbnails much the same way it does for its video section.

But if you just can't wait another month, one Digg fan has gone and created digpicz. Just like Reddit Media does with Reddit, digpicz scans Digg for image posts and creates a Digg-style page with top stories and thumbnails. And it does this all without any support from Digg's developers.

In fact, we wouldn't be surprised to see both Reddit Media and digpicz get takedown notices one of these days. But perhaps it behooves Reddit and Digg to let the sites live until each social news site launches its own image section. At that point, there won't be much reason for anyone to visit the unofficial sites.

[via Digg]

Filed under: Internet, Social Software

Digg to launch image section in October

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People like pictures. Nothing new there. But people are also the backbone of social news sites like Digg and Reddit. And it's becoming increasingly clear that neither site is very visual. The front pages of both sites are filled with text links -- even if those links point to pictures.

Users have resorted to writing (PIC) next to headlines to let you know what lies beneath the link. Yesterday we told you about a developer that got tired of waiting for Reddit to launch an image section. He launched his own site that grabs headlines from Reddit and places thumbnails next to them.

It looks like Digg has taken the cue and plans to roll out an image section in October. First Digg will add an "All" section next to the News, Videos, and Podcasts sections. That addition is due out "soon," which will pave the way for the image section.

[via Russell Heimlich]

Filed under: Internet, Web services, Social Software

Reddit Media: what Reddit would look like with an image section

Reddit MediaSome of the most popular links on Digg, Reddit, and other social news sites are funny or interesting pictures. But you have to read through a lot of text to find them. Niether Digg nor Reddit have tools to display photo or video thumbnails. They're sort of the Craigslists of social media.

Reddit Media is an interesting take on what Reddit would look like with image thumbnails. The site is unaffiliated with Reddit (and thus it could be just a matter of time before Conde Nast shuts it down). But it has a look and interface that's quite similar to Reddit. The only difference is that Reddit Media scans Reddit for posts with images and puts a thumnbnail next to the headline.

Perhaps if the site gains enough traction, Reddit will decide to copy it and not just shut it down.

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