Digg’s inaugural town hall misses the point…

I could not agree with this article more…

Caroline’s comments about the Digg town hall really hit the mark. I have been a fan of the site for a long time but in the last year I submit nothing and hardly visit the site itself. I view the main feed, but the non-existent democracy of the site itself really is quite the opposite of the site’s intention.

Caroline says:

All in all, the session highlighted quite a few of Digg’s strengths as well as troubles going forward–and additionally reflected a few common criticisms about the site as a whole. But in the process, the questions were inward-focused, dealing with the demands of an active but demanding user base. Very few dealt with Digg’s place in the Web’s landscape or new media industry as a whole.

That’s just a snippet, I highly recommend you read the entire article and participate in the comment thread on her site, it would be nice for Jay and Kevin to get the consensus of it’s largest number of users who are mostly inactive users because of the site’s clickish nature.

By the way, Caroline’s blog is great, I recommend you add the feed.

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