• The Telegraph (UK), Friday, January 22, 2010 4:44 PM

News and content ranking site Digg is planning some "drastic" changes, according to its young founder Kevin Rose. "But they're much-needed drastic changes," he tells The Telegraph. "People are going to be shocked at some of the directions we're taking ... You have to be comfortable with completely tearing down and throwing away a bunch of ideas."

For starters, the placement of the navigation bar and Digg button will change, while a greater emphasis will be placed on photos. The re-imagined site will also focus much more on real-time information, and recommended content, with a greater emphasis on what friends and tastemakers within a user's own social graph are consuming. More social; more real-time; more graphic -- Perhaps Rose is playing his cards close, but these all seem like pretty standard aspirations for any new media company.

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