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While Digg gets more mainstream, the story sources diversity is eroding

• iamwil 19y ago
  would it be wise to also include into the algorithm for frontpage ranking, the diversity of sources for HN (if and when it becomes a problem)? Or will determined submitters just circumvent it by proxying the article with another url?
• cawel 19y ago
  The interesting part is that with lots of people and no editors, there is a tendency for a concentration of sources. Although I don't see this concentration as being critical (after all, there are not so many "objectively" respectable tech blogs out there), there seems to be a point for regulation, to ensure diversity. Apart from that, it was amusing to feel Richard MacManus's (open) jealousy over the other tech blogs...
• ivankirigin 19y ago
  Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny. Social news sites devolve into top 10 lists.
  • bayareaguy 19y ago
    I'm sorry but I've never seriously studied biology and you've lost me. How is that theory germane?
• jkkramer 19y ago
  "And that select group appears to be getting smaller and more exclusive by the day." Did I miss something or did he provide no evidence of this? I don't see any data about what the distribution looked like in the past. How do we know diversity is eroding? It's not a trend if you're only looking at one point in time. I also couldn't tell whether the top 11 tech sources were the _only_ tech sources or whether there was a long tail of one-time-source stories.