Rose Demonstrates that New Digg Algo is “Fair and Balanced”

Three weeks into Digg’s promotion algorithm updates, it’s becoming clear that the ‘playing field’ has been leveled. Even the site’s creator appears to be on equal footing. – Decepticrat

Kevin Rose SubmissionsIt isn’t the first time that a Kevin Rose submitted story failed to hit the front page of Digg, but last week, Kevin did something that he had never done before.  He missed the front page.  Twice.  In a row.

On top of this, his current submission is not faring very well.  It still has 12 hours, but is currently at an anemic 32 Diggs after 12 hours — not your standard KR submission number. [Read more...]

What Failed: The Digg Algorithm or the Digg Users?

Digg Super BowlIt took around 600 Diggs to get the story Super Bowl XLII Champions New York Giants promoted to the front page.  Are the recent changes in the algorithm the reason?  More importantly, is this a case where the algorithm was doing the “right thing” but was overpowered by the sheer bulk of Diggs?

It took 34 minutes for the story to be promoted from upcoming.  During that time, the Ajaxonomy Bury Recorder showed it to have 17 buries (which means it had a lot more than that).  That could be a reason for it taking so many, but let’s explore further.  This is a screenshot of the Upcoming 45 seconds after it hit the front page. [Read more...]

The Digg Algorithm has Changed

DiggDigg went down today for a short time.  The results may be that many diggers will go down for a long time.  It could be just a glitch as the algo is tweaked.  We’ll know more over the next day or two.

Here are some things that seem to have changed since the site was brought down for maintenance: [Read more...]