Old Digg is coming back, code reveals an unreleased user submission flow, as user voting came back this week
RuntimeWire found a path from source URL to editable draft and story preview, extending Digg's recent return to reader participation.
By Ryan Merket · Published
RUNTIMEWIRE INVESTIGATION — Original analysis
Original reporting by RuntimeWire, based on documents, reverse engineering.
Why it matters
Reader votes give Digg a direct audience signal for ranking stories. Whether readers can also introduce stories remains unresolved in the public product information: Digg's terms say submissions are not accepted, while the terms' account language appears behind the September voting change.
Reporting record
Finding
RuntimeWire found code describing an unreleased flow from a source URL to an editable story draft and preview, but the available code does not establish a working submission action.
How we verified
Methods: documents, reverse engineering.
RuntimeWire's examination of Digg code supports the source-to-draft-to-preview flow; Digg's September 22 announcement confirms the return of reader voting but does not announce submissions.
RuntimeWire examined available Digg code for the flow and reviewed Digg's public voting announcement and terms. The reconstructed screens illustrate the proposed experience and are not evidence of a live feature.
Reproduction
Reproduction does not apply to this reporting (document-driven).
Company response
The company was not contacted before publication.
RuntimeWire found code for an unreleased Digg flow that takes a source URL through an editable story draft and preview. The code describes a reader starting with a link, editing a draft, then previewing how the story could appear on Digg. The flow has not been publicly announced, and RuntimeWire's reconstruction of its screens is not evidence of a live feature.…
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