Digg Pisses Me Off With Multiple Frontpage Articles Submitted by Same Users
Digg Pisses Me Off With Multiple Frontpage Articles Submitted by Same Users
The below screenshot was taken from Pages 1-4 of Digg on 7-25-08:
You can clearly see skored with 3. msaleem has 2 and MakiMaki has 2.
Now lets take a look at their stats:
skored:
42,870 Dugg
351 Comments
1,985 Submitted
801 Made Popular
40% Popular Ratio
3 Friends Invited
49,457
msaleem:
70,388 Dugg
1,845 Comments
4,699 Submitted
1,500 Made Popular
32% Popular Ratio
0 Friends Invited
122,024
MakiMaki:
30,534 Dugg
233 Comments
1,561 Submitted
540 Made Popular
35% Popular Ratio
0 Friends Invited
35,601
There are some startling patterns to be found here. The Digg algorithm has historically placed weight on reputation. It has been documented in the past (see below links) that “top diggers” submit 10-20 percent of the stories that appear on the front page of Digg. Prior to the Recent Digg Algorithm Change msaleem had over 1,200 articles appear on the front page. But has the Digg Algorithm Change designed to level the field failed? What do you think?
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