Is Digg rigged? The numbers…
I retrieved the last 1100 (Minus one by kevinrose, which skewed all the numbers) stories that hit the front page and found out some info about the users who submitted the stories.
Here’s what I’ve found:
| Users | Stories | Fans | Friends | |
| Total | 251 | 1099.0 | 449035.0 | 66976.0 |
| Average | - | 4.4 | 1789.0 | 266.8 |
| Median | - | 2.0 | 991.0 | 218.0 |
Some graphs:
This one shows the number of stories each user had on the front page (horizontal axis) and the number of friends that user had (vertical axis). So for example, there’s a user who had about 43 stories on the front page (of the first 1100). That user had about 210 friends).
Friends to Stories
This one shows the number of stories each user had and the number of fans that user has.
Fans to stories
Raw data:
| username | storyCount | fans | friends |
| MrBabyMan | 43 | 14090 | 241 |
| ScottMcIntyre | 35 | 2765 | 152 |
| d2002 | 34 | 2333 | 306 |
| AmyVernon | 30 | 4049 | 155 |
| louiebaur | 29 | 4448 | 222 |
| msaleem | 29 | 11849 | 154 |
| AFelsinger | 25 | 1639 | 190 |
| albyliontk | 20 | 1746 | 163 |
| badwithcomputer | 20 | 7781 | 415 |
| jaybol | 20 | 5984 | 474 |
| linkserf | 20 | 2172 | 209 |
| xdvx | 20 | 2789 | 472 |
| Burento | 19 | 7959 | 331 |
| badqat | 18 | 1945 | 216 |
| pavelmah | 16 | 2563 | 287 |
| Overmind12812 | 15 | 2940 | 194 |
| TheEngineer2008 | 15 | 2688 | 224 |
| BeShirtHappy | 14 | 1563 | 208 |
| gamebittk | 14 | 2109 | 272 |
| nitmeh3 | 14 | 410 | 122 |
| oboy | 13 | 4424 | 488 |
| Griny | 12 | 2127 | 168 |
| Six6 | 12 | 973 | 581 |
| DigSomeMore | 11 | 2331 | 255 |
| hooplow | 11 | 467 | 126 |
| TalSiach | 11 | 5993 | 327 |
| trentmonica | 11 | 1192 | 309 |
| upick | 11 | 4091 | 249 |
| bamafun | 10 | 6028 | 404 |
| hdar3415 | 10 | 6296 | 177 |
| irfanmp | 10 | 3510 | 150 |
| lekahe | 10 | 4661 | 217 |
| naturalpapa | 10 | 973 | 215 |
| tbhurst | 10 | 2960 | 235 |
| thegamingguy | 10 | 1489 | 213 |
| ThePowerDigger | 10 | 2120 | 204 |
| DiggieHowser | 9 | 651 | 167 |
| DirectTulip | 8 | 1364 | 191 |
| GamingForever | 8 | 1285 | 374 |
| Spielbergo | 8 | 1084 | 227 |
| anderzole | 7 | 4496 | 436 |
| brainnovate | 7 | 2614 | 529 |
| divinediva | 7 | 1433 | 279 |
| imbanksy | 7 | 551 | 810 |
| KaiserArny | 7 | 2131 | 385 |
| mark076h | 7 | 3438 | 275 |
| openthink | 7 | 4043 | 150 |
| tnerd | 7 | 607 | 153 |
| vroom101 | 7 | 7540 | 45 |
| EmitStop | 6 | 2212 | 218 |
| jboitnott | 6 | 3284 | 216 |
| lovemorgul | 6 | 956 | 250 |
| mklopez | 6 | 7479 | 270 |
| victoryguy | 6 | 1363 | 453 |
| 1KrazyKorean | 5 | 4793 | 234 |
| bianconeri4ever | 5 | 1904 | 181 |
| bixby1 | 5 | 2845 | 193 |
| chicagojack | 5 | 1182 | 141 |
| hsinray | 5 | 1180 | 223 |
| netgeek06 | 5 | 2679 | 251 |
| orangederange | 5 | 1831 | 260 |
| redwolfwalker | 5 | 1252 | 342 |
| smilingcandle | 5 | 1046 | 575 |
| sungoddess808 | 5 | 4301 | 257 |
| alapoet | 4 | 3206 | 522 |
| Bukowsky | 4 | 5280 | 353 |
| chris1234 | 4 | 4872 | 157 |
| dirkdiggler1337 | 4 | 264 | 300 |
| FirstDigg | 4 | 4414 | 412 |
| Jabrams2 | 4 | 875 | 339 |
| janet25 | 4 | 985 | 364 |
| MediaSight | 4 | 4420 | 262 |
| michaelpinto | 4 | 1224 | 475 |
| MiddleAmerica | 4 | 458 | 331 |
| motang | 4 | 3932 | 328 |
| Nathrat | 4 | 929 | 154 |
| noupsell | 4 | 7227 | 424 |
| PeterNorton | 4 | 1295 | 420 |
| Rekzai | 4 | 690 | 125 |
| Slashered | 4 | 655 | 150 |
| suxmonkey | 4 | 6173 | 531 |
| virgintech | 4 | 756 | 256 |
| 7FluidAH | 3 | 657 | 136 |
| davincih | 3 | 1118 | 485 |
| hantata | 3 | 1207 | 174 |
| IvanB | 3 | 6734 | 453 |
| MercyPolitics | 3 | 1481 | 147 |
| onlysc | 3 | 828 | 398 |
| philostrato | 3 | 3096 | 218 |
| skored | 3 | 6780 | 218 |
| Tychee | 3 | 991 | 200 |
| XXXL | 3 | 247 | 87 |
| antdude | 2 | 3676 | 6 |
| astorygirl | 2 | 950 | 539 |
| authorfriendly | 2 | 770 | 889 |
| bakkouz | 2 | 1547 | 122 |
| bluenile | 2 | 471 | 9 |
| Cararan | 2 | 1276 | 111 |
| casspa | 2 | 2698 | 313 |
| chicagojacobs | 2 | 381 | 759 |
| Dailydose4me | 2 | 418 | 221 |
| Darren07 | 2 | 1862 | 316 |
| Dftw | 2 | 1579 | 208 |
| diggleague | 2 | 4811 | 226 |
| EMFK | 2 | 448 | 199 |
| emily543 | 2 | 638 | 337 |
| FennecFox | 2 | 1896 | 273 |
| granolajoe | 2 | 1738 | 115 |
| israeligirl | 2 | 1716 | 812 |
| Jeffler | 2 | 1841 | 90 |
| jerryjamesstone | 2 | 408 | 262 |
| kamper07 | 2 | 613 | 437 |
| kevinlouis | 2 | 879 | 158 |
| Lucas123 | 2 | 1552 | 270 |
| maheshee11 | 2 | 4915 | 268 |
| MakiMaki | 2 | 8305 | 247 |
| Michaelabehsera | 2 | 1318 | 527 |
| MrStrider | 2 | 208 | 92 |
| NewsFeed | 2 | 3314 | 297 |
| nickceleb | 2 | 442 | 133 |
| numberneal | 2 | 4824 | 209 |
| ohnoerino | 2 | 1305 | 123 |
| pitchblack16 | 2 | 1230 | 191 |
| reflex768 | 2 | 5484 | 198 |
| Relaxxation | 2 | 719 | 136 |
| Shiner76 | 2 | 1098 | 202 |
| SirPopper | 2 | 4728 | 411 |
| SpillReviews | 2 | 2654 | 226 |
| techguru2006 | 2 | 3034 | 348 |
| trmanco | 2 | 98 | 26 |
| Tuscarosa | 2 | 551 | 457 |
| WriterSD | 2 | 2628 | 233 |
| Ac1dburn | 1 | 292 | 183 |
| acmaurer | 1 | 2174 | 222 |
| AJB44125 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Algeriano | 1 | 327 | 71 |
| allocate | 1 | 156 | 315 |
| arijit57 | 1 | 553 | 802 |
| aubs | 1 | 733 | 167 |
| awesometastic1 | 1 | 2337 | 996 |
| axalon | 1 | 225 | 217 |
| becurious | 1 | 532 | 106 |
| Bicep | 1 | 328 | 413 |
| BillyB | 1 | 326 | 321 |
| bishvili | 1 | 354 | 145 |
| bobertf | 1 | 25 | 2 |
| brotherbob1 | 1 | 156 | 315 |
| Bruceleo | 1 | 855 | 383 |
| burntbeans | 1 | 33 | 13 |
| Cancerkitty | 1 | 1441 | 125 |
| CaptainPlanet | 1 | 875 | 965 |
| castevens | 1 | 1788 | 90 |
| ccblaker | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| Chase357 | 1 | 15 | 10 |
| climatewarrior | 1 | 41 | 10 |
| clintm77 | 1 | 555 | 105 |
| Clydesdale | 1 | 14 | 0 |
| ConeBone6t9 | 1 | 23 | 2 |
| conspirator | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| corybohon | 1 | 53 | 55 |
| cport11 | 1 | 433 | 138 |
| CrazyNick78 | 1 | 206 | 299 |
| cyndezu | 1 | 969 | 175 |
| DaedalusIcarus | 1 | 130 | 404 |
| darkchild82 | 1 | 4404 | 226 |
| darthsand | 1 | 1683 | 517 |
| davidmesaaz | 1 | 555 | 490 |
| Deeaannooo | 1 | 240 | 478 |
| defaultfilter | 1 | 1778 | 157 |
| dgoddard | 1 | 133 | 26 |
| DiggFellow | 1 | 513 | 500 |
| djlaptop | 1 | 527 | 744 |
| doiveo | 1 | 813 | 204 |
| domfosnz | 1 | 2715 | 201 |
| doubleplus | 1 | 134 | 143 |
| DPozzy | 1 | 325 | 149 |
| DrOZMAC | 1 | 287 | 555 |
| ethanator1088 | 1 | 406 | 213 |
| ezentmyer | 1 | 27 | 0 |
| gbudavid | 1 | 1512 | 208 |
| godofpumpkins | 1 | 66 | 8 |
| GonzoMuckraker | 1 | 172 | 15 |
| goodevil | 1 | 732 | 237 |
| greenfyre | 1 | 1424 | 340 |
| greenx | 1 | 74 | 247 |
| hardyjennz85 | 1 | 300 | 86 |
| hbyrne | 1 | 669 | 199 |
| iSeven | 1 | 706 | 463 |
| j0kr555 | 1 | 163 | 265 |
| JacobHey | 1 | 477 | 124 |
| Jericho6 | 1 | 270 | 183 |
| johnd24 | 1 | 316 | 185 |
| lazycat | 1 | 4963 | 237 |
| loyalKNG | 1 | 684 | 315 |
| MacBigot | 1 | 736 | 284 |
| mageek | 1 | 896 | 644 |
| ManMProductions | 1 | 471 | 811 |
| Mernahuana | 1 | 30 | 63 |
| mikelgan | 1 | 2411 | 1001 |
| miranda622 | 1 | 2503 | 194 |
| Mogwlaii | 1 | 348 | 479 |
| mokki | 1 | 2021 | 647 |
| MookiBlaylock | 1 | 2938 | 166 |
| moredown | 1 | 399 | 85 |
| MrBeaverhousing | 1 | 337 | 334 |
| nebkiwi | 1 | 24 | 6 |
| niradg | 1 | 757 | 411 |
| normalkid | 1 | 247 | 135 |
| oh2dc | 1 | 291 | 159 |
| orfilms | 1 | 2766 | 785 |
| paperclipsNsoup | 1 | 1159 | 751 |
| Peterix | 1 | 19 | 1 |
| PhantomJM | 1 | 14 | 0 |
| posthocergo | 1 | 8 | 4 |
| raisedinhell | 1 | 250 | 350 |
| raphaeltmnt | 1 | 24 | 25 |
| redsfaithful | 1 | 3081 | 155 |
| reincarnate | 1 | 492 | 241 |
| ritubpant | 1 | 3083 | 272 |
| rjwusa | 1 | 489 | 160 |
| Ronbry | 1 | 299 | 0 |
| ruibochen | 1 | 372 | 130 |
| saadkamal | 1 | 940 | 523 |
| sam2gemini | 1 | 342 | 95 |
| sarafina42 | 1 | 1282 | 235 |
| sarahlee | 1 | 535 | 220 |
| Sarjalis | 1 | 100 | 75 |
| schestowitz | 1 | 2538 | 1001 |
| scottysmith | 1 | 321 | 129 |
| Sh0rtstak | 1 | 1444 | 169 |
| shahruz84 | 1 | 18 | 4 |
| sharjeelsayed | 1 | 105 | 2 |
| sinisa10 | 1 | 1522 | 157 |
| SlipperyNipple | 1 | 53 | 136 |
| socialpyramid | 1 | 3627 | 507 |
| sophie81de | 1 | 33 | 0 |
| spokenkaraoke | 1 | 174 | 367 |
| stachesnmullets | 1 | 1092 | 225 |
| Surferess | 1 | 3137 | 131 |
| tbagginzz | 1 | 32 | 2 |
| TechnicalTalk | 1 | 504 | 143 |
| theadvinci | 1 | 472 | 132 |
| Thesoilawyer | 1 | 208 | 217 |
| ThunderKitty | 1 | 224 | 967 |
| Turkman182 | 1 | 903 | 558 |
| vats | 1 | 1794 | 238 |
| WarmAlaskaman | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| whisperingeye | 1 | 45 | 97 |
| wjappe | 1 | 350 | 238 |
| WordsnCollision | 1 | 4140 | 184 |
| wyldstallyns | 1 | 763 | 334 |
August 30th, 2010 at 1:41 pm
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