Digg democracy still not perfect?
While perusing the upcoming stories page I couldn't help but notice that the top 10 stories were submitted by the same digg user.
While gaming digg is now old news, with the recent updates to the site I thought they they would have corrected this problem. The first 4 stories listed in the most popular upcoming queue were all submitted by Mr. Baby Man , who seems innocent enough, without any clear ties to marketing firms or suspicious activity on digg in general....however when you examine the aforementioned 4 stories and view the people who dugg this story initially, it becomes apparent that something is clearly still flawed with digg.
Look at the image on the right (click for larger) Highlighted names are members who dugg these 4 stories (I included a 5th story from the same timeframe) around the same time (seeing as these stories were all submitted around the same time) . While the exact order is not the same, there is a clear link between most of these members and the member who submitted the stories. To be fair, most of these submitted stories are pointing to established websites, and not to a personal blog, however, it still shows that the digg site is capable of being gamed, for better or worse.
At the time of this writing, only one of these stories in the upcoming queue (under "most popular") have gone to the front page, but if all of them do indeed make it, I think it's time for the digg crew to look at their promotion algorithm once again.
Understandably, as the site grows in popularity, I suppose this type of behavior becomes more and more difficult to control without the use of moderators, but if digg is still going to stick to its guns as a total democracy then these issues must be addressed.....if only to satisfy the core user base that has been there since the beginning.
UPDATE:
Further down the queue I found this as well. Four more stories in a row by Mr Baby Man, I didn't have time to check the people who dugg but I'd be willing to bet it was most of the same members form above.
While gaming digg is now old news, with the recent updates to the site I thought they they would have corrected this problem. The first 4 stories listed in the most popular upcoming queue were all submitted by Mr. Baby Man , who seems innocent enough, without any clear ties to marketing firms or suspicious activity on digg in general....however when you examine the aforementioned 4 stories and view the people who dugg this story initially, it becomes apparent that something is clearly still flawed with digg.
Look at the image on the right (click for larger) Highlighted names are members who dugg these 4 stories (I included a 5th story from the same timeframe) around the same time (seeing as these stories were all submitted around the same time) . While the exact order is not the same, there is a clear link between most of these members and the member who submitted the stories. To be fair, most of these submitted stories are pointing to established websites, and not to a personal blog, however, it still shows that the digg site is capable of being gamed, for better or worse.At the time of this writing, only one of these stories in the upcoming queue (under "most popular") have gone to the front page, but if all of them do indeed make it, I think it's time for the digg crew to look at their promotion algorithm once again.
Understandably, as the site grows in popularity, I suppose this type of behavior becomes more and more difficult to control without the use of moderators, but if digg is still going to stick to its guns as a total democracy then these issues must be addressed.....if only to satisfy the core user base that has been there since the beginning.
UPDATE:Further down the queue I found this as well. Four more stories in a row by Mr Baby Man, I didn't have time to check the people who dugg but I'd be willing to bet it was most of the same members form above.
posted by Dennis Gotto @ 12:44 PM
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