Tag: Algorithm

Digg CEO Jay Adelson Defends Digg Users

Tags: Digg + CEO + Jay Adelson + algorithm

MarcoPolo
Posted by MarcoPolo 3 years 2 months ago; via hemphill81.blogspot.com/2...

Last night Jay left some comments in Digg stories to respond to the way some of the Digg users are being treated.

http://digg.com/tech_ne...s#c2985154
"The mistake we made was not being clearer that we were not associating the algorithm change with the top submitters. These guys are hard working, honest contributors to digg and are being unfairly scapegoated.
Please stop with the targeted burying... Digg what you like, bury what you don't. We'll take care of the...

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Digg Algorithm For Scoring Stories

Tags: digg + Algorithm + ranking + Kevin Rose + Jay Adelson + Jason Dowdell

MarcoPolo
Posted by MarcoPolo 3 years 2 months ago; via marketingshift.com/2006/9...

Here is a condensed version, according Kevin Rose & Jay Adelson, of the core elements used in determining the ranking for a story on digg.

Digg Scoring Elements
1.) Not a set number of diggs in order for a story to be promoted.

2.) Brand new users are like automatic penalties in the search engines (sandbox effect).
3.) Buries are often overlooked but are key to their ranking
3a.) Buries are not boolean in value. Digg looks at...
- Number of people that buried it before it was promoted
- What is the audience like (history,...

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