Is this surprising to any reader here? The signal to noise ratio drops as more users join up. Also, when you have a number of balkanized sub-groups at a site who like different things, about the only content they can all agree on as 'great' is LOLcats and anti-Republican propaganda. These problems can be solved... at least if enough venture capital is thrown at the problem.
so true. I liked digg, honestly, and far past the "early adopter phase". Then it seemed like every front page story was either about what Microsoft was doing wrong (HOLY SHIT MSFT DID THIS!!!!), what new liberties Bush was taking away, etc. Or, of course, a recursively titled "Digg gains ground on slashdot", etc.