Front Page Back to Back with 24 diggs ?
On May 10th 1:30 pm MST, I see this 2 stories making the front page of Digg, back to back, and they only needed 24 duggs each one to hit the home page…
While some regular users and power users need aprox. 100-180 diggs to make the front page, this stories only need 1 digg per hour.
Don’t believe me? Check the screenshots.
1st the story - “The OS X desktop as music video”
This story hit the home page with only 24 duggs in 22 hours, 45 mins… so only need 1 dugg per hour!
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2nd Story - “A Startling Collapse for Clinton, and an Inability to Let Go”
Then 5 minutes later, another story “A Startling Collapse for Clinton, and an Inability to Let Go” hit the home page, this time with only 24 duggs, but in 6 hours ??
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- What’s happening on Digg lately??
- Still the effects of the new algo?
- Is this fair for other users?
While some users need 150-180 duggs without sending shouts other users only need 1 vote per hour!
I really don’t see why this new algo is called “fair”, I understand that the idea to “spread” stories that hit the front page among more users is a good idea, but I don’t think 24 diggs in 23 hours is a “fair” representative percentage of what Digg users want to see on the home page.
What do you think about it?
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