I've visited Digg a time or two before, without knowing much about how it functioned. The fact that the headlines and information that appear on Digg are all submitted by it's members, with only a select few being voted on to the main page, is a fascinating one. Given the popularity of Digg, it seems like that could be great advertising for some people. Imagine the kind of publicity you could get for your blog, or podcast etc...? If you campaign enough and network enough, you can recruit enough Digg members/fans to submit your work and vote for it, thereby landing it on the front page and immediately increasing your audience. Very good marketing.
Anyhow, all in all I like Digg. I definitely prefer Digg's setup to Technorati's. It seems much cleaner. I can see how it's useful in terms of bringing together a lot of fringe headlines and varied information, as well as "News of the Weird" as Abby has pointed out. But I still prefer going directly to certain sources. I guess I'm just old fashioned. And I can't imagine all the time and energy so many people put into social networking via the internet. I mean, I love my computer, but ride a bike people!
Here's a great piece with photgraphs of the world's most beautiful libraries.
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