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An interesting graph via SFGate:

While visitors to the above sites are probably already aware of the kind of topics that are popular on them, it’s interesting to see just how Digg is so much more tech-focused than Reddit.

Digg.com is the most popular social linking site on the internet, and links featured on its front page can expect tens of thousands of visitors within a 24 hour period. However, with Digg’s popularity comes a ridiculous amount of daily link submissions, far too many for any human being to read through in a single day. Because of this, most stories submitted to Digg fail to get more than 2 or 3 votes before slipping off the upcoming link page into oblivion.

So how do links actually make it to the front page? The answer lies in Digg’s friend-adding feature, which allows one to add other users to a friends’ list. Digg’s most active users have friend listed each other, filtering their friends’ link submissions and comments from those of the masses so that they can better enjoy the Digg community. If one of the users in this active group submits a very interesting link, hundreds of people within their friends’ network will see it, almost guaranteeing that the link will make the front page. A simple look at the front page will reveal this to be true, as you’ll notice that some users have a couple new front page submissions every day.

Becoming a top user in the Digg community takes a lot of work, but if you operate a website that has interesting content that is going unnoticed it can be very useful in bringing attention to your work. Top users also have access to a well-filtered list of newly submitted links from other elite users, which can help you blog about huge stories before they’ve made it to Digg’s front page and are appearing on hundreds of other blogs. If you want these benefits and are prepared to invest several hours staying active on Digg, we have prepared a this guide on How to Become a Top User on Digg.com for you:
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