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New Digg algorithm angers the social masses

Yesterday, Digg went down for an hour in the middle of the day. Initially we thought it was an unplanned outage, but it turns out that a number of changes were made to the algorithm that controls which stories are "promoted" to the front page. The changes have started a mini-revolt among the top submitters reminiscent of the community uprising over Digg's deletion of HD-DVD unlock codes last year. We talked to several top diggers to find out what changed, why they're upset, and we have our own theory for why the changes were made. More »

8:47 PM on Wed Jan 23 2008
By Jordan Golson
7,736 views, 10 comments

Latest by supaswag: The shocking reality: What REALLY goes on behind the curtains at digg.com >> [supaswag.blogspot.com] more »

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How Digg's algorithm works -- the 100-word version

You already know how Digg works. Post a funny picture of Kevin Rose or a tribute to Apple's greatness and there you have it — you're on the front page. You're not wrong. But social media maven Muhammad Saleem says there's actually a little science to Digg as well. In a post on Search Engine Land, Saleem explains how Digg's algorithm does and doesn't work. He should know. Most of his recent Digg submissions have garnered several hundred votes. Good stuff, only it runs way too long. Here's our slimmed-down version. More »

3:59 PM on Thu Nov 29 2007
By Nicholas Carlson
17,993 views, 6 comments

Latest by jim_rock: @vijaymv_in: Dude i am so fucking intensely excited about creating a Goggle with smart people. How many smart more »