My Front Page articles only have 1 Digg

[cheripop]

I think I've messed up my Digg account because my front page is showing articles with only 1 Digg as opposed to those with hundreds. I'm guessing I need to change my settings since the new Digg has been released but I'm not sure what to do. I also don't have any stories submitted by users, every thing is from either a magazine or news source like Forbes or BBC. The only story on my first page where I've recognized the submitter is one from the blog Kevin's girlfriend writes; and it only had 2 Diggs.

It's sort of silly but I always get a kick when the guys choose to talk about a story that I read and maybe even Dugg. I know, it's dumb. But, that's why I'm asking for help.

I'm not much of a techie so any and all help figuring this out will be appreciated!

[frozeninferno]

It's not your settings. They basically changed the recent stories framework so that there is no longer a minimum digg threshold, and it's now based on some kind of new "diversity algorithm" they've implemented, which I think is pretty stupid considering it was totally fine how it was. Now we're seeing stories with like 20 diggs and 2 comments on the front page. According to Kevin, they're still making tweaks to the algorithm, but I really don't see why they felt the need to change it in the first place. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

[cheripop]

Thank you Frozen for the reply. I'm sort of sad about the changes, Digg used to be a lot of fun to read. Hopefully some of the tweaks will bring that feeling back.

[silentspyder]

It's not your settings. They basically changed the recent stories framework so that there is no longer a minimum digg threshold, and it's now based on some kind of new "diversity algorithm" they've implemented, which I think is pretty stupid considering it was totally fine how it was. Now we're seeing stories with like 20 diggs and 2 comments on the front page. According to Kevin, they're still making tweaks to the algorithm, but I really don't see why they felt the need to change it in the first place. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

I think in his eyes it was broke. Wasn't mainstream enough and wasn't growing. Personally I'm with you, I like digg how it was.

[hoot]

The main page is the latest submissions from the people you follow, so they're new. Top News has the top dugg stories like the old digg.

[xfuuey]

http://about.digg.com/blog/digg-update-list-upcoming-changes

it's a start...

[alaskalonewolf]

yeah... can't wait either:

http://www.pauld.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/blurb_facepalm2_20090622.jpg