"Digg Swarm is a more lyrical view of Digg. Stories come in as circles with the title inside of them, and diggers “swarm” around these stories when they digg them. Every time a story gets dugg, it increases in size — so the bigger the story, the more active it is. As people digg more stories, they move from circle to circle, and increase in size. You might see enormous diggers moving quickly from story to story; those seem to be people digging without taking the time to read stories…Stories start off placed randomly on the screen, but as they get dugg, their positions change depending on who’s digging them. Stories that are closer together are being dugg by the same users, and you can roll over stories to see these connections. The thicker the line, the more diggers in common that story has — which starts to suggest connections between stories over time. And selecting a story provides more detail about it.Hope you enjoy, more to come soon." - from Kevin's blog post :-)
LOL - Did you know the whole carrots thing was a lie invented to explain why British planes could spot u-boats in WW2? They didn't want to let the germans know about radar, so they made up a lie that also helped to soften the blow of rationing. ;)
idean360Jan 14, 2007
"Im in yer digg stealin yer homepage!"
jay730Jan 14, 2007
thats beast
applcmptrdoodJan 14, 2007
"Digg Swarm is a more lyrical view of Digg. Stories come in as circles with the title inside of them, and diggers “swarm” around these stories when they digg them. Every time a story gets dugg, it increases in size — so the bigger the story, the more active it is. As people digg more stories, they move from circle to circle, and increase in size. You might see enormous diggers moving quickly from story to story; those seem to be people digging without taking the time to read stories…Stories start off placed randomly on the screen, but as they get dugg, their positions change depending on who’s digging them. Stories that are closer together are being dugg by the same users, and you can roll over stories to see these connections. The thicker the line, the more diggers in common that story has — which starts to suggest connections between stories over time. And selecting a story provides more detail about it.Hope you enjoy, more to come soon." - from Kevin's blog post :-)
theone3Jan 14, 2007
LOL - Did you know the whole carrots thing was a lie invented to explain why British planes could spot u-boats in WW2? They didn't want to let the germans know about radar, so they made up a lie that also helped to soften the blow of rationing. ;)
ak10Jan 14, 2007
This is a nice visual example of how social networks work. If I need to explain how Digg works this would be a good way to show them.
oropherJan 14, 2007
How to understand what we see on digg Swarm ?
iluvpoohbearJan 14, 2007
I heard that these were tight famz!!!!! lol