When visiting Reddit.com, I have found that I spend almost all my time on Reddit.com. Up to one half of the links on Reddit are simply pictures, at imgur.com. I also feel fairly safe saying that the average Reddit user is between the ages of 21-35, white, male, liberal, atheist, middle to upper class, and a self proclaimed nerd/geek regarding computers, technology, video games, Star Trek and Star Wars. The most anger and passion seems to be directed towards conservative politics though. Today, there was a forum about Christin O'Donnell, titled "I watched the Delaware debates last night. If you vote for Christin O'Donnell you are a DUMB F*CK!" All of the comments on the forum supported this viewpoint, with most of the comments attempting to make funny puns to sarcastically make fun of O'Donnell. The forums also seems to be a place for people to show their knowledge on Communism, Socialism and history, with links to Wikipedia to "educate" other Redditors. Overall, I have started to grow tired of the forums, as they are highly predictable due to everyone having the same viewpoint.
When I visit Digg.com, I find that I spend the majority of my time not on Digg.com, but rather on other the websites that are linked on it. The vast majority of links on Digg.com are now lists, such as "10 War Photographs that Changed the World Forever." One these "list" websites, such as Cracked.com, I usually end up browsing those websites for 15-20 minutes before remembering that there are more links to read on Digg. The comments lack the personality of Reddit, and are pretty non-essential to the identity of Digg.com. Digg is also new ownership, which could explain why the traffic is so much lower than it was in previous months and years. I do get lost quite easily with Digg because it takes me to so many different websites that I have never been to, which is one advantage it has over Reddit.
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