As Sean eloquently observes, Digg is way less useful than Slashdot, because it dispenses with any editorial work whatsoever and relies soley on the alleged wisdom of the crowds.
Slashdot, with a combination of old-fashioned editorial and mass-moderation, produces a higher signal-to-noise ratio. And that ain’t sayin much.
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