Digg is an Oligarchy (or Why Digg Must Constantly Update Its Algorithm)
Posted by Sebastien on the 2008/01/29 at 09:15
in Digg.com, Funding & Transactions, Jay Adelson, Kevin Rose, News, Slashdot, Social Media -
Digg.com, the social news site, did a major algorithm update last week to tweak the way submitted content get to the front page of the site. As Kevin Rose explained, “As we’ve talked about in the past, Digg’s promotional algorithm ensures that the most popular content dugg by a diverse, unique group of diggers reaches the home page. Our goal is to give each person a fair chance of getting their submission promoted to the home page.”
(Flickr picture by donlbe)
The reaction from Digg power users was scorching. Wired explains: “For those who missed it, several of the top diggers – including Andrew “MrBabyMan” Sorcini, Muham