Social Media   Social Media  Digg makes it harder to get dugg
Today [Digg]( made a major modification to their algorithm. With
[thousands of stories]( being listed on Digg everyday it seemed
like too many mediocre ones were making the front page, so it
appears that Digg modified their algorithm (or the algorithm
automatically modified itself) for stories to require more diggs
before they hit the front page. Required diggs  diggalgochange
Digg makes it harder to get dugg In the past month or so stories
usually needed anywhere from 20 to 40 diggs before they reached
the front page, but now it seems that most stories need 60 if
not more diggs to reach the front page. Here are some
possibilities on why Digg might have made this change: * Too
many stories were being submitted and [reaching the front page](
* Too many “[friends](” were digging each others diggs. * The
quality of stories hitting the front page was decreasing.
Complexity of the algorithm  The good news is not all categories
require 60 diggs before t