http://nsdl.library.cornell.edu/websites/expertvoices/info2040/archives/1774 This is a supplemental blog for a course which will cover how the social, technological, and natural worlds are connected, and how the study of networks sheds light on these connections. Fri, 08 Mar 2013 14:25:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://nsdl.library.cornell.edu/websites/expertvoices/info2040/archives/1774#comment-1186 Cornell Info 204 - Networks » Blog Archive » The Most Hated Digg Comment Mon, 12 Mar 2007 23:59:12 +0000 http://nsdl.library.cornell.edu/websites/expertvoices/info2040/archives/1774#comment-1186 [...] This says something about the nature of Digg, that has been highlighted by two other previous posts, and goes along with the general “Hubs and Authorities” nature of the Internet, along with the flaws it creates. Just as Google Bombs place irrelevant results at the top of a Google search result page, comments that don’t deserve to be seen by everyone still exist on highly-dugg pages, attracting more attention than should be there. [...] […] This says something about the nature of Digg, that has been highlighted by two other previous posts, and goes along with the general “Hubs and Authorities” nature of the Internet, along with the flaws it creates. Just as Google Bombs place irrelevant results at the top of a Google search result page, comments that don’t deserve to be seen by everyone still exist on highly-dugg pages, attracting more attention than should be there. […]

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