Tom Wolfe could write a novel about this...or at least a short story.
Cartoon by Oliver Widder, via Nick Carr's comments.
Jason Calacanis also notes: "I think we have three of the top 20 DIGG users (and two from the top 10!). We also hired from Newsvine, delicious, and Reddit top users."
Finally here's a more serious graphic, that shows just how long the Digg tail is:
Source: Diggtrends
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I think the diggers are products of their community and not vise-versa. I don't think Calacanis' scheme will work in any meaningful way.
Posted by: ted | August 2, 2006 4:43 PM
Good point Ted. And to be clear, I think the blogosphere long tail (of status) is similar to digg's. So I'm not picking on digg here, it's just a fact of life on the Web that there are social structures in which relatively few have status. Which is a general topic that Tom Wolfe always writes about, hence my reference in the first sentence...
Posted by: Richard MacManus | August 2, 2006 4:50 PM
Have you seen this: http://backstabbedbynetscape.blogspot.com/
Posted by: Backstabbed | August 3, 2006 6:23 AM