Comments on: Are Your Digg Buddies Holding You Back?

By: Utah SEO

Utah SEO — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:17:24 +0000

If you artificially inflate the digg count you will make it much harder on yourself.

By: Dave L

Dave L — Sun, 11 May 2008 19:19:58 +0000

I hit the front at under 40 (made 1820+) on a weekend evening. Note that the so-called top Digg days/times (when the pro diggers are most active) are mid-week and mid and late afternoon (CST).

By: maxyRO

maxyRO — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:22:14 +0000

Was that about the content or the digg algo? Regarding the digg also, the users between unknown and popular diggers have the hardest time to get on the fp.

By: Prof Ita

Prof Ita — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 07:40:12 +0000

I will tell u Tampera – Google sets the agenda, what would u tell to that?

By: Konte Blo

Konte Blo — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:57:33 +0000

Don’t u think that there are other forces that set the agenda – such as Google, Yahoo… what would u say to that? Just reading the books on mass media won’t help u.

By: Tampera

Tampera — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:51:09 +0000

The interactive nature of new media provides the audience an opportunity to participate in the communication flow, to select, frame, disseminate information and instantaneously react to it, serving, in some cases, as gate-keepers for traditional media outlets. As more blogs are gradually penetrating into and blurring with the mainstream media, the agenda-setting power of traditional media becomes questionable.

Who, after all, sets the agenda in this new, two-sided model of mass communication?

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:48:25 +0000

You hit the nail right on the head there Lyndon. All the time spent moaning about algorithm changes or asking for votes should be spent on understanding an audience and crafting content to benefit them.

/Nick

By: Mark Dykeman

Mark Dykeman — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 23:33:24 +0000

I’ve had 2 – 3 stories hit Digg front page in the past 1 – 2 months with less than 40 Diggs, so I can attest to what you are saying about that shift in power. However, if you monitor the accounts who tend to top the Upcoming section, you’ll see most of the top Diggers still there. They’re still hitting front page, but it’s like these weird backdoors have been created that other Diggers slip through.

The other thing is that it seems like there are fewer Leo Babuta’s or the like who are getting their big breaks from the Digg front page. Mind you, I spend more time in Upcoming than front page, so I could be missing some stuff.