Top Words on Digg

Here is a graphic with the top words in Digg titles over the past month. It provides us with a visual representation of what interests Digg users. The biggest words are pic and video, which says a lot about where people click to most impulsively, stuff they don’t have to read. But the next step [...]

UConn Journalism Crowd Sourcing Project

In my Social Media class, we read Jeff Howe’s book, “Crowd Sourcing.” In the book Howe explains the theory which basically means outsourcing a task to a large group with an open call. The Internet has exponentially increased the power of this and my class wanted to further explore the concept. So, we crowd sourced [...]

Top Story Spotlight: Miracle Whip -vs- Colbert

There is new beef forming in our popular culture. Jay-Z and Beanie Sigel? Unimportant. John and Kate? Even less important. Stephen Colbert and a condiment? Earth-shattering. A few months ago Miracle Whip, a company that makes a mayonnaise-like product that doesn’t call itself mayonnaise started reaching out at that profitable 18-35 market. How do you [...]

A Digg Movement Against Full Background Ads

Yesterday on Digg, a story rapidly rose to the top, where it sits today. But this was not your average story, rather more of a gripe. Users are protesting the full background ads that seem to be sweeping my favorite websites. I was devastated to see the scourge of the Internet hit my beloved Digg. [...]