physicsweb.org — If you think you're reading the news, be warned that this story -- and any other on the web -- will be barely read by anyone 36 hours after it was first posted. Researchers have calculated that the number of people who read news stories on the web decays with time in a power law, and not exponentially as commonly thought.
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disposablerobJul 7, 2006
No it'll be old in 33 hours and 39 minutes.
Closed AccountJul 7, 2006
There's certainly something wrong with combining the terms "power law" and "half life"...If you took the title for word, you would get a exponentially function without fail.
cabossJul 7, 2006
Thankfully, digg gives many of these stories life to begin with.
scotticusJul 7, 2006
why the quotes around half life?I don't get it
dujoducomJul 8, 2006
One great thing about digg is that as the story develops there will be updates - if enough people in the digg community want an update on the story it will be dugg to the front page.
lohoJul 10, 2006
12 hours over the limit, and 20 people have dugg this article since then. guess this theory does not apply to digg =)
hydroxylJul 19, 2006
No soliciting questionable actions that will most likely end up in legal trouble on digg.com, thanks. :D