by RJN » Thu Jan 28, 2010 9:13 pm
This all started perhaps two years ago when I was contacted by Digg and we agreed that APOD could run a Digg link and Digg count on every page. APOD would get a popularity counter out of it. The way it is now, the first person to click the link is taken to a Digg page where they can manually enter APOD information, for that day's APOD, into Digg.
Now that has been working OK and it might not be easily changed. There appears, however, to be a competition among some Diggers to digg APOD because APOD makes it to the "prestigious" front page of Digg.com so often -- about half the time. Very few web sites make it to the front page of Digg so often as APOD. Digging a web site that makes it to the front page of Digg gives the Digger publicity and, sometimes, kudos from other Diggers for spotting good web content.
The problem is this APOD-to-Digg speed competition frequently leads to strange and partial Digg postings about APOD. So I agree it would indeed be better if this could be done automatically. A good way to come up to speed on this is to go back and click on a month's worth of Digg links at the bottom of APOD pages to see what has been happening at Digg.
I hope this is a help. There is more but it might not be relevant.
This all started perhaps two years ago when I was contacted by Digg and we agreed that APOD could run a Digg link and Digg count on every page. APOD would get a popularity counter out of it. The way it is now, the first person to click the link is taken to a Digg page where they can manually enter APOD information, for that day's APOD, into Digg.
Now that has been working OK and it might not be easily changed. There appears, however, to be a competition among some Diggers to digg APOD because APOD makes it to the "prestigious" front page of Digg.com so often -- about half the time. Very few web sites make it to the front page of Digg so often as APOD. Digging a web site that makes it to the front page of Digg gives the Digger publicity and, sometimes, kudos from other Diggers for spotting good web content.
The problem is this APOD-to-Digg speed competition frequently leads to strange and partial Digg postings about APOD. So I agree it would indeed be better if this could be done automatically. A good way to come up to speed on this is to go back and click on a month's worth of Digg links at the bottom of APOD pages to see what has been happening at Digg.
I hope this is a help. There is more but it might not be relevant.