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Digg to Top Users: QUIT NOW?
November 3rd, 2006 • 4 comments digg
Tags: digg, disintermediation
Seems like the changes to the front page promotion algorithm have been drastic. After scrolling through the last 48 hours worth of stories promoted to the front page I counted a total of 2 stories submitted by top 25 users on Digg. In fact one of my own submissions currently has 93 diggs and no front page.
I realize I’m hardly a top user at #34 but after the last few weeks mass deletion of accounts and now these drastic changes it looks like the Digg staff is looking to get rid of its frequent posters. Kevin or Jay care to comment?
Deep Questions Remain in Duke Rape Case
October 7th, 2006 • digg
There’s not much middle ground in the legal community when it comes to opinions of local prosecutor Mike Nifong’s most famous case. His law school classmate Patricia McDonald, citing “an utter lack of evidence that a crime even occurred,” wrote to Gov. Mike Easley and urged him to pressure Nifong into stepping aside in the Duke University …
Archmage 2.0: The Reincarnation
October 3rd, 2006 • digg
The Reincarnation is a massive multiplayer online game that you can play for free. In this game you take up the role of an ancient mage, guiding your fantasy kingdom with the power of your magic, the strength of your armies and your talent of managing your land.
U.S. to Deploy 4 Patriot Interceptors in Okinawa
October 2nd, 2006 • digg
The United States on Monday revealed a plan to deploy four launch pads for a U.S.-led missile defense system in Japan’s southernmost prefecture of Okinawa later this week and moved part of equipment for the system from a port to the U.S. Kadena Air Base amid local protest.
British Documentary Alleges Pope Linked To “Child Abuse Cover-Up”
October 1st, 2006 • digg
A British documentary claimed that Pope Benedict XVI was implicated in the systematic cover-up of child sex abuse allegations against Catholic priests. Before becoming head of the church, the then cardinal Joseph Ratzinger enforced church doctrinal orthodoxy, including a “secret Vatican decree which seemed to shelter the perpetrators and silence
Is Slower Border Traffic An Illusion?
October 1st, 2006 • digg
For years, the Border Patrol’s Tucson sector has been the busiest and deadliest in the nation. But in fiscal 2006, arrests declined about 10 percent compared with 2005. And for the first time since the agency started tracking deaths in 1999, the 162 reported fatalities in the sector did not break a record, dropping from 216 in 2005.
Freddy Sanchez Takes NL Batting Title
October 1st, 2006 • digg
Sanchez was a 28-year-old utility infielder beginning only his second full season in the majors and didn’t become a starter until early May, yet hit .344 – the Pirates’ highest average since Roberto Clemente’s .345 in 1969. Sanchez’s 200 hits were the second-most by a Pirates player, to Jack Wilson’s 201 in 2004, since Dave Parker had 215 in 1978.
Mormon President, 96, Says He’s Healthy
October 1st, 2006 • digg
Gordon B. Hinckley, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints, assured Mormons at their twice-yearly conference Sunday that his health is fine, despite major surgery this year. Hinckley, 96, was hospitalized for six days last winter after a cancerous growth was removed from his colon.