DiggStatus: Digging Deep Into Digg Users' Statistics -- Page 3

Before we jump into the statistics, I need to note that I do not have access to the stats for the entire Digg user base. My sample set consists of 10,691 users. My statistics for the Top Users are very comprehensive, but I do not have stats for the majority of "Lame Users" that did not query the DiggStatus tool with their user name. My records indicate that there is a large portion of inactivity among Digg users. However, a glance at Digg's user list shows that the inactivity is MUCH more widespread. For this reason, we need to assume that the percentage of "Lame Users" is likely to be drastically higher* than my stats will show.

Counting Inactivity
Story Submissions, or the lack thereof:

- Number of Users who have submitted the given amount of stories

submitted	number of users	percentage
0	2746	25.69%*
1	999	9.34%
2	631	5.90%
3	530	4.96%
4	442	4.13%
5	331	3.10%
6	295	2.76%
7	270	2.53%
8	229	2.14%
9	223	2.09%
10+	3995	37.37%

Front Paging Without Friends
I covered how a high number of befriending users may benefit the promotion ratio. If that is true, then the opposite should also be true. Therefore, I need to show that without befriending users, the likelihood of getting on the front page is lower.

- Promotion Ratio

	promotion ratio	stories promoted
Everyone	13.06%	38655
0 Befriending Users	10.49%	1580
1 or More Befriending Users	14.39%	35437

Well, it turns out my theory held true in this case as well. The people who submit with zero friends bring down the average promotion ratio, while people with at least one befriending user have an above average chance of getting their submissions promoted. Having people befriend you is therefore a critical factor for a successful Digg submission.

Page 1: Introduction
Page 2: Submission/Promotion Graph
:: Page 3: Lame Users
Page 4: DiggStatus Usage