Don Wilson thoughts and ideals of an internet magnate

Digg released the new Digg Comments section today and I happen to think it’s absolutely fantastic. Being able to see how controversial comments are (digg up vs digg down) and the speediness of the entire system is great.

There are a few minor problems, however, that I’ve run across thus far.

1. The green gradient for comments that have been rated up/down by my friends is utterly ugly. Please add an option inside your Settings page to allow us to disable the green background. It’s extremely distracting. By all means, you guys can leave the friend usernames but the green background is such a harsh change from the other user comments.
2. When you toggle the rating score for the comments (from ‘+5 digs’ to ‘+7/-2′) and digg down a comment, that comment’s rating score goes back to the ‘+5 diggs’ format, leaving all other comments with the controversial score rating. Click the rating score again and all comments are toggled back to the ‘+5 diggs’ and your dugg down comment is toggled to the ‘+7/-2′ format. Refresh the page and it’s back to normal.

I’m sure there are a few other oddities with the new system that are overshadowed by the new design. If you see anything else, please leave it in the comments below.