Digg Promotion Algorithm Flowchart
January 5th, 2009
I am a big fan of social news and I frequent both Kevin Rose’s digg and Wired’s reddit. Like anyone who occasionally visits both sites, it is very apparent that an increasing amount of content is rehashed from reddit.com by Digg power users (so called by their massive influence of the site).
I have created a handy flow chart to demonstrate this process.
While it can be argued that the content may not be original on reddit either, that’s not the point. The major question here is simply this; shouldn’t digg implement a system that promotes stories based on their merit and quality rather than the identity of the submitter?
What do you think?
January 6th, 2009 at 7:17 pm
pretty much what actually happens. i’ve given up on digg now as it just seems to be full of those people that comment on youtube videos.
January 7th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
Not only was your chart accurate, but highly entertaining. Two thumbs up. My personal favorite was the “fucked” label.
January 9th, 2009 at 10:32 am
I am completely behind on Digg. What is it?
August 10th, 2009 at 9:35 pm
Hey,
what font did you use on top?
Thanks in advance,
August 10th, 2009 at 11:22 pm
Tiago S. The font is called “Kozuka Gothic Pro H”
August 11th, 2009 at 7:11 am
you are such a god of flowcharts jason
August 11th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
Thanks, Jason!
August 21st, 2009 at 4:25 pm
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March 14th, 2011 at 12:34 pm
I do love the way you have presented this particular challenge plus it does indeed give us some fodder for thought. On the other hand, because of just what I have observed, I simply just wish when the comments pile on that people remain on issue and don’t embark upon a soap box associated with the news du jour. Still, thank you for this outstanding piece and though I can not really concur with the idea in totality, I value the standpoint.
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