Natural A-Lists, or How Digg is Like the Blogosphere
Fred Stutzman in his analytical post about Digg has made a curious observation indeed. We have seen strong evidence about the Digg gangs and Digg mafia, and it is no longer democratic by the way it is run now.
Without a question, this occurs. Diggers do band together and form cartels, somewhat limiting access to story promotion. However, what if this behavior was purely a function of the network, and not something more sinister?
Thousands of stories are submitted to Digg each day, more than any one person could read. As a result, Digg users rely on coping mechanisms to deal with the volume of stories submitted. This coping mechanism is the establishment of friend parings in the network. When you friend people in Digg, they immediately act as a content filter for you. Digg is very much like the blogosphere in that you friend your friends (the people you know) and celebrities (Kevin Rose, Digg A-List). Look at the sidebar of your blog...if you’re a traditional blogger, you’ve got some links to people you know, and some A-list blogs you read. It is the same thing in Digg.
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