These sites are pretty neat for finding and sharing interesting articles quickly. I like the user recommendations feature, but there seems to be a conspiracy afoot to determine. Like most things, they seem to be dominated by people who have excessive time to devote to searching the internet for things worth reporting. It would really cool if a library could have an account, and when people are looking for news to report it would all be done under that account.
I don't have a solid opinion on the enchancing or detracting of productivity of these sites. It all depends on how much you use them. If you're a digg poweruser, I would say it is a productivity detractor, especially if you are trying to boost your rating, but if you need quick information to keep up to date on the happenings in the world, these can be very useful.
These sites are dangerous for finding information though. In the time it took me to do this thing I read about 3 articles. They have such neat headlines, I couldn't resist.
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