HP Researchers Study Digg's Front Page

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• March 13, 2008
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  HP Researchers Study Digg's Front Page

  Posted: March 13th, 2008, 11:19pm

  Dr Wu and Dr Huberman, researchers at HP, studied the flow of stories on the Digg homepage to determine whether novelty or popularity were the most important factors. Their simulator determined that apparently Digg is doing the right thing.