http://www.willpate.org/2008/01/24/digg-uses-smarter-algorithm-to-manage-their-community/ Tales from a Gen Y internet guy Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:33:05 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://www.willpate.org/2008/01/24/digg-uses-smarter-algorithm-to-manage-their-community/#comment-35015 Jeremy L. Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:25:52 +0000 http://www.willpate.org/2008/01/24/digg-uses-smarter-algorithm-to-manage-their-community/#comment-35015 Thanks for the perspective! My initial reaction was that this new approach would discourage people from having friends with similar interests on Digg, which seems counter-productive. However, as you pointed out, the Digg community "is notoriously young, male and has all the charming qualities that go with being 13 and anonymous," and because of that I've largely quit using Digg, aside from seeing a Digg badge on an article I happen to be reading. Maybe this will make Digg a bit more interesting again. Thanks for the perspective! My initial reaction was that this new approach would discourage people from having friends with similar interests on Digg, which seems counter-productive. However, as you pointed out, the Digg community “is notoriously young, male and has all the charming qualities that go with being 13 and anonymous,” and because of that I’ve largely quit using Digg, aside from seeing a Digg badge on an article I happen to be reading. Maybe this will make Digg a bit more interesting again.

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