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Me vs. Digg (Round 1)
Ok, I’m trying to understand that voodoo of the digg algorithm. I still don’t know how it works, but I’m sure he it is a snob. Stories are promoted by how popular is the submitter, not by how useful is the information. I dare anyone to tell me that I’m wrong.
If you’re a digg user, you’ve certainly received some shouts from friends to “promote” a super-user’s story. You know what? I bet these supa-diggaz have dozens of “slaves” (sorry for the word, but in computer-science jargon, we say a “master-slave relation”) that spread their submissions. And you know —or at least suspect— that a digg by a stranger is always better than a digg by your friend. This is the first rule of value.
So here’s my first round with digg : If you read this article don’t digg it BUT tell 3 of your friends to digg it and to tell 3 of their friends to digg it too.
See what I mean?
- Don’t digg this story. If you’re my friend on digg
- Share this story with 3 friends.
- Tell these friends to digg.
- Tell these friends to share this story with 3 of their friends.
Why? I’d like to confirm a hypothesis here: If your story is not dug by your friends but by complete strangers, it has more chances to be promoted.
This is “Round 1” of the fight, see you next time for the second round, and thanks for your participation.
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