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Posted By: william 99 days ago
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During this past week’s Diggnation podcast, Kevin Rose offered up some insight into the Digg algorithm which may or may not be the most eye-opening of revelations. It’s something that I figured out pretty quickly and that is that there is an element of time associated with how likely a submitted story is to be promoted to the homepage. Personally, I think there is a 24 hour window of opportunity as I’ve seen stories make it to the “Hot” list (at the right of this page, for example) and not be promoted to the homepage, yet be removed from this list after a full 24 hours.
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from senroy2015 99 days ago #
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Great insight into the digg algo!

from jefflouella 99 days ago #
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Digg algorithm goes something like this;

 - If Digger shouts to 500 friends then place on homepage;
 - If Digger has no friends, bury story;
 - If Digger with more friends posts same story as Digger with no friends, ignore Digger with no friends;


I wish I had friends. :)

from mikeyarmish 99 days ago #
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Timinig was always important on Digg or just me think so?

from TinPig 98 days ago #
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the 24hr rule is fairly obvious if you pay attention to your submissions.

from ffnstuff 98 days ago #
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thats also why some good stories on digg never make it popular

from tamar 98 days ago #
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Not really newsbreaking information if you've studied Digg at all.

"This basically does confirm that it’s nearly impossible to get something promoted that’s at least a day old, no matter how many diggs it collects."

Sometimes it can take 2-3 days but you need to push it VERY hard.

The only anomaly I've observed is here.  And I had no expectations that that story would make it.

However, I have seen 2-3 day submission promotions before, as have others (see comments on that story).

Honestly, I don't think Kevin is about to give us any "insights" into the Digg algo.  This is news you'd know simply by using Digg more than twice.


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