Feeddit Powers Up The Default Digg Feed

Posted on 11. Feb, 2009 by Keshav in Internet Tools

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digg-logoBeing a regular Digg user, I am usually in search of tools that make my digging practices easy and useful. Like many blogs and websites, new stories on Digg can be tracked by RSS Feeds. On the downside, the original feeds do not supply all of the information about the story, and the most important features like a link to the original story, number of diggs and number of comments are missing.

Feeddit solves this problem by giving you all the information and links you want.

What Makes Feeddit Better?

Feeddit is a pumped up version of the original Digg feed.  Each feed item carries the number of diggs, number of comments along with the name of the submitter and a link to the submitter’s profile. Feeddit feeds also carry the original story link, so you can skip the Digg page and save time and extra clicks. Getting directly to the story page is what I call awesomeness!

The Feeddit feed’s length is 100 stories rather than the original 40 story long feed. You can either select to subscribe to the Main feed which includes the Main Popular feed on Digg or subscribe to the feed for selective topics.

When Words Aren’t Enough

Here is a graphical explanation on how the Feeddit feed differentiates from teh Original Digg feed.

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Conclusion

Feeddit is a worthy alternative to the original feeds, and I’ve been using it for a while.  However, I still long for a feed for the Upcoming section. That might come up, somebody may make it due to the fact that Feeddit is opensource (and free).

(By) Keshav Khera is a 14 year old geek from India. He is an avid freelance writer and writes about technology and web on his blog Fabworker. When he’s not doing the usual stuff, he’s either exploring music or is hooked to twitter (@keshav).

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6 Responses to “Feeddit Powers Up The Default Digg Feed”

  1. raddevon

    11. Feb, 2009

    I really hate that the Digg feed doesn’t link directly to the posted article. I’ve been using the Feeddit feed for a while now, and I’m a big fan.

    Does anyone know of something like this for reddit? I’ve built my own solution with Yahoo Pipes, but it doesn’t work with self links. Alternately, would anyone care to take a look at my pipe and see how I might fix it?
    http://pipes.yahoo.com/raddevon/redditreal

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    • Kyle Judkins

      11. Feb, 2009

      I’m not very good with Yahoo Pipes, but maybe one of my writers is. Either way, thanks for sharing your tool with us!

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  2. Keshav

    11. Feb, 2009

    @raddevon Hi Devon, thanks for dropping by. Just like Kyle said, even I’m not that fluent with Yahoo Pipes, probably haven’t used it much. I’ll keep looking for a fix for your tool and if i find something, i’ll let everyone know. Thanks for sharing it :)

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  3. raddevon

    11. Feb, 2009

    Thanks to both of you. Great post, BTW.

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  4. Andrew Nesbitt

    17. Feb, 2009

    I’m the creator of feeddit, glad you like it. I’ll see what I can do about adding a feed for upcoming and maybe making a version of reddit too

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