Next steps for DIGG.com

One of the good things about digg regarding interaction design, is that they started with a very simple model, "thumbs up", " thumbs down" for rating community driven articles that people thought were interesting. This cool little feature made the site compelling and interactive enough that they had something they could build off of. The simplistic light graphic design of the site, makes the content approachable and easy to understand. They slowly engage you with small fades, and animations where it makes sense. I think that digg will need to make sure they do not clutter the site too much with various interactions as the site grows. They do have a testing lab where they test new items that may help digg users become more engaged, their next steps may be to spawn off another site for testing and make sure they don't disrupt the current digg experience.