Digg: an echo chamber for a few?

One of the charges against social news sites is that they are only seemingly democratic, while in reality they are only used to air the views of the few, most active members of the community. Research conducted by the Wall Street Journal indicated that, indeed, a very small portion of the community members is responsible for the majority of submitted items.

Here is what I found on Digg, focusing on articles that became a.) popular (voted to the front page by the community) and b.) dealing with the (pre-)election campaign in the US.

[[moving]]

This short week the biggest task is moving all my stuff from one apartment to another. I don’t think a full post will follow this week then. But a quick report – I’m reading Andrew Keen’s The Cult of The Amateur (and frowning often), which is nice to put in parallel to James Surowiecki’s The Wisdom of the Crowds – that’s the plan. I also drafted a short overview on different means of participation, and their consequences, on social news sites.

Happy vappu to everyone!