...the site has a core userbase of boys who spend hours each day posting stories and Digging stories posted by their friends. The problem here is that a small

...the site has a core userbase of boys who spend hours each day posting stories and Digging stories posted by their friends. The problem here is that a small core group of users is able to exert undue influence on the site. If the ranking system on Digg were better balanced, its featured stories would better represent the interests of its broader (and presumably more gender-balanced) user base.