The Daily Poll: How Do You Feel About the Changes to Digg's Algorithm?

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Another Digg revolt is upon us, this time because of some changes the leading social news site made to its algorithm that determines which stories make it to the front page. Mark provided a detailed breakdown of the situation last night, but essentially, the changes make it harder for the same groups of friends to push stories to the top. Instead, stories with a “diverse” set of users digging them will be favored. Clearly, Digg has taken a tremendous risk, potentially alienating their most active and loyal users in the name of truly making the service democratic. Today’s poll:

n{democracy:74}

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