because I just started digging. Not the one with the earth and dirt, but the one with the news and people. This summer, I found myself with an excessive amount of free time where I was confined to sitting at a desk with my computer and the internet (thanks to my internship in a lab at Drexel College of Medicine [follow-up blog sure to ensue]). Honestly, my work consists of going online and just rifling through Facebook, CNN, Gmail, Woot, Fmylife, Cnet, and Digg. About ten times a day.
My cousin once mentioned the site and asked if I “dugg.” I replied I hadn’t, but the following day at work, I decided to check it out because I had nothing better to do than count the number of American flags I could spot in the Philadelphia skyline from my desk (fourteen, in case you were wondering). I quickly fell in love with the site because I found many interesting/funny articles in seconds. I wasn’t surrounded by feeds and titles of death, suicide, war, blood, torture, prison, etc…., unlike conventional news sites, but was greeted by a curious picture, a funny video, or an intriguing science article. That doesn’t mean I choose to be ignorant of “reality” (as defined and written by journalists), as I apportion a sufficient amount of time to CNN and occasionally Reuters.
However, I love the ability to view the top rated articles and not worry about finding an interesting read, because for the most part, they’re always there. As a sample list of 5 random but interesting/funny articles I just found there….
Okay, maybe those articles weren’t the best examples as representative articles on Digg. But check it out if you’re ever bored.
Anyways, it’s almost 5. I want to go home.
