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Thursday, June 29, 2006
Digg moving map
Source: Digg blog
This week Digg launched the third iteration of its site, which allows readers to select the stories that get posted. They've expanded their news coverage and made it easier for members to share news stories. And as part of their "ongoing effort to analyze digging patterns, news trends and story connections/relationships," they have created the first visual maps of actual digging activity.
To read the map, watch this movie. It's a starscape of data. The horizontal axis is all members arranged in numerical order. Red dots are first time diggs. Bright horizontal lines are items dug by a number of users. Unbroken white lines are probably bots. The vast majority of activity confirms and strengthens existing items that have been dug.
Link to more cool maps.
