The recent changes at Digg have been seen by some as anti-popularity-contest. Some diggers are finding it takes a lot more votes for stories they submit to become popular, and, at least to me, it appears the ratio of top-digger to everyone-else content on the homepage has gone down dramatically.
With search engines it has been helpful to name certain algorithmic changes made by Google; Florida, Bourbon, etc. I propose that we name this recent change “Carrie” after the movie.
Top diggers are the like the popular kids, the ones who are successful and get the attention of adoring masses. Carrie on the other hand, was different, didn’t quite fit in very well. But her day came on prom night and the cool people paid.
I’d consider it a sort of an anti-prom-king/queen, revenge of the underdog reference. What do you think — got a better name?
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January 30th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
I would call it Katrina…
You know there is this place where everyone chills and generally gets along. The world sees it as a simple and popular place for whats happening. People visit but they only really visit the popular areas.
One day a big changes comes through and wipes everything out.
It is a massive change that gets everyones attention but there is nothing anyone can do about it.
Leaders take to long to react and don’t really know what is the best thing for the people because they are out of touch.
In the end the upper level individuals were fine. They moved out and had the money to continue to live pretty good. It was the lower level people that paid the price.
Made it easy for some newb ass people to come in and conn the system and make some quick money.
They will rebuild it but it will never quite be the same.
Yeah.. kinda like Katrina.
January 30th, 2008 at 8:48 pm
i say you call the movement “apocolypse now”
January 30th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
Screw my previous comment — go with Katrina. Brent makes an irrefutable arguement.