Digg may add new categories for Images, Restaurant and Product Reviews

[Kristijntje]

On Friday, Kevin Rose spoke via video link at TheNextWeb conference in Amsterdam, outlining Digg’s plans for expansion (update: see video below). The good news is that they plan to add images - one of the most demanded features. The mixed news is that they plan expansion into product reviews and more diverse topics.

Rose was speaking about the company’s 6-12 month plans, saying that product and restaurant reviews may be among the new content for voting on. They’ll add virtually everything, in fact, that you could imagine Digging. Additionally, Rose has finally hinted that Digg will become more personalized: rather than focusing on what is popular among all users, it’ll deliver a more customized view based on your interests (ie. what you Dugg). Depending on how that’s implemented, it could lessen the power of a “front page” story, but also offer opportunities for more diverse topics to get attention...

full article and comments: http://mashable.com/2007/06/02/kevin-rose-digg/

[BellisimaJ.]

Oh goody. More places for stalkers to write false reviews. :