00:00 - Digg goes down for maintenance. When it comes back, something has changed...
01:00 - The Digg Algorithm has Changed
"Digg went down today for a short time. The results may be that many diggers will go down for a long time."
12:15 - Two Diggs One Cup
"Digg has pretty much taken a crap in a cup, and asked everyone, including even the top diggers, to partake in the offering. It now takes (barring a miracle, or a massive, collective pre-planned quick-strike diggfest), around 200 diggs to go popular, which leaves many (including me) to wonder… is Digg TRYING to drive away users, and if so, why?"
19:00 - Digg confirms changes
"One of the keys to getting a story promoted is diversity in Digging activity. When the algorithm gets the diversity it needs, it will promote a story from the Upcoming section to the home page. This way, the system knows a large variety of people will be into the story."
21:00 - 
Digg is a Game - Let's Play For Real This Time
" We, the undersigned (comment to join) are ready to find out if there is more to social bookmarking than Digg. We are going to stop submitting to Digg."
21:45 - 200 Diggs 1 Voice: Diggers Had Enough
"There was a time when about 30 to 40 diggs on any given story would be promoted to the front page of Digg. That time has obviously come and gone, as we have seen an increase in the number of diggs it takes to reach the front page.
For some users, it now can take upward of 200 diggs."
24:00 - Emergency meeting Digg power users
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The goal of the algorithmic change is to get a more diverse number of people to Digg the stories on upcoming. This diversity is not necessarily affected by whether the users digging the stories are friends or fans. It's more of an overall picture of user behavior. (The concern of the users, however, is that not many regular Digg users visit the Upcoming section of Digg. This was not addressed in the chat.)"
03:19 - Revolution Resolved
"after 2 hours of heated discussion (just as we had made a
collective decision to boycott digg for a week), to our amazement and delight, kevin rose and jay adelson actually showed up in the chat room, and proceeded to spend over an hour with us on the live chat, one-by-one discussion all our concerns (which we had listed in our open letter to digg) and promising quick solutions"
About the Author: Ruud Hein
