40 Diggs to FP
This story http://digg.com/movies/the_25_most_shameless_paycheck_grabbing_roles_in_history
only needed 40 diggs to get to the FP. Who were the users who dugg it? As part of the ongoing research, i list the users here for your perusal:
Allsortgroup
AWBoy666
battlecow
cflury
danswayuk
eivissu
Fejerro
gnslngr1919
grahamcase
HSbatman
istanly
jacobed
kRabbit
lfz89
mcatrage
melvinas
Mudcrutch
mynamefat
n8r0n
neilharvey
overbored454
phanfo
raymore
rhpt
rightmindx
schmerge
sdphost
seanhive
soldierboy101st
stonedslacker
Sub7
themaximus
themeat
toast1226
tomboy501
van8888
Verme
VeryAngryJim
xDFuNK
zepequeno
The users in bold are among the Top 150 users of all time. Since 10% of story’s 40 votes came from Top 150 ranked users, it seems that the weight counts more for users who already have theirown stories made popular the most. Makes sense cos the algorithm may trust the vote more of someone who is established as themselves reliable, than votes from newbie accounts.
Guys, as some one in the top 100, i will tell you that its more about time then anything else. Stories on average need about 28-34 diggs to frontpage. They seem to need less to be promoted when they are running out of time. For example, a story with 25 diggs and only 1 hour to go will most likely be promoted before one that has 40 diggs and 15 hours to go.
ryland2
February 9, 2007
I think you’re stretching… Topic/time of day might have more to do with it. If anything they are trying to lower the weight of top users.
Ryan
February 17, 2007