Submitted by skateboard1 5/28/08 -
Alexander (Sandy) Courage, the composer for the original Star Trek theme died recently - he created one of the most recognisable themes for sci-fi fans everywhere.
You would think that with Digg having a large number of geeks/nerds and sci-fi fans on the site, that this would have had more momentum than it did.
A true mystery.
Original Description:
Sandy Courage left us at 88
Submitted by TalSiach 5/28/08 -
Unless you live under a rock, you would no doubt know of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the fact that it has been ongoing for such a long time, with both sides often coming to violent blows.
Any joint initiative between members of these 2 nations is (in my opinion) a fantastic thing, and this story should have gone popular with a large number of diggs (132) - especially considering it came from a trusted source (the New York Times).
Unfortunately this story just did not make it due to algorithm bias against the submitter.
A shame really
Original Description:
RAMALLAH, West Bank — Nibbling doughnuts and wrestling with computer code, the workers at G.ho.st, an Internet start-up here, are holding their weekly staff meeting — with colleagues on the other side of the Israeli-Palestinian divide.
Submitted by Zaibatsu 5/28/2008
This is one that I submitted that should have hit. With 84% of Digg users as men, we could all use some advice about the best things to put or not put into our wardrobe. With 184 Diggs, it should have flipped.
Sometimes even the ones that should have don’t.
Original Description:
Every man should have these men’s wardrobe basics as the cornerstones of their wardrobe. Chances are you already have most if not all these wardrobe basics, but regardless of your age group or profession, your closet should always have these garments hanging around.
Submitted by wealer 5/28/2008
The funny part is, Prozac is a topic that gets submitted to Digg every day. The problem is, it’s usually spam placed on the site by spam accounts for search engine optimization reasons. In this case, it was not as such, and the fact that this great piece from Time did not hit is a shame.
Sort of depressing.
Original Description:
Antidepressants are the most frequently prescribed class of drugs in the U.S., making up about 5% of all prescription medication recorded in outpatient files. But if the demand for antidepressants is so high and the pills are so readily dispensed, would life be easier if antidepressants were just available at the drug store?
Originally submitted by tpearl 4/6/2008
Mona Lisa is one of the best-known faces on the planet. But would you recognize an image of Leonardo da Vinci?
This is a fascinating short talk given at TED on the topic of what Leonardi da Vinci may have looked like. This article was presented first at TED, and is well worth watching.
Unfortunately for the submitter, he doesn’t seem to play the “digg game” and so this story did not perform as well as it should have. 12 Diggs only (13 now that I’ve dugg it!).
Original Description:
Siegfried Woldhek knows faces — he’s drawn more than 1,100 of them. Using sophisticated image analysis and his own skills as an artist, he’s come up with a fascinating discovery about Leonardo Da Vinci.
Submitted by mklopez 5/28/2008
Dumblittleman normally puts out great content. Digg, for whatever reason, doesn’t always agree. Looking at some of the things that make the front page and comparing it to some of the content on this site — it’s clear that most would agree DLM has better, more front page worthy content.
mklopez is a great submitter, one of the top in the world. This is one that had a practical reasoning behind it, a great title, and just never made it to the upcoming list.
Original Description:
Sure positivity could reduce some stress for the person exhibiting it, but let’s take a closer look at the overall cons of obsessive optimism
Submitted by cpomme 5/27/2008
Here’s one that blows our mind. Normally, when a submitter who averages 4 Diggs per submission breaks 50 diggs, it’ll hit. This one is at 90 and it looks like it isn’t going to hit.
NY Times - a source that hits the front page regularly - isn’t the issue. The quality of the story isn’t the issue. The title is clever and seems front page worthy - not the issue. What is the issue?
Only Digg knows.
Original Description:
A small red berry called miracle fruit temporarily rewires the way the palate perceives sour flavors, rendering lemons as sweet as candy.
Submitted by MSaleem 5/27/2008
Such useful advice. A variation on a theme that is covered often, but not nearly this well. The problem with this story was that the source was untested. It’s hard to get on the front page for the first time, regardless of how deserving a story might be.
With 164 Diggs, it almost got there. Almost. Instead, it rests on the pages of popFail.
Original Description:
“All that really belongs to us is time; even he who has nothing else has that.”
~Baltasar Gracian
Submitted by YesImAChick 5/26/2008
Some things hit the front page because they are newsworthy. Other things hit the front page because they are funny.
Every now and then, something hits the front page that is just plain old cool information. You know, those quirky things in life that are never burning questions in your belly, but rather subtle curiosities that, whenever you see them happen, you wonder, “How in the world do they do that?”
MentalFloss delivered an excellent example of this. Sword swallowing fits that category perfectly. The only thing that held it back was the submitter. YesImAChick submits well, but just doesn’t have the friend-base to get traction on most submissions. She had her controversial submission a week and a half ago - an altered image that… well, we’ll let it go with that.
Original Description:
Swallowing food involves a series of muscle contractions, both voluntary and involuntary. Swallowing a sword requires no actual swallowing, but the complete opposite: the deliberate relaxation of the upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract.
Submitted by grattucker 5/24/2008
This isn’t exactly breaking news, but it does go into detail about the oddity that is Cable Television. In a society where laws are forcing people to go digital or else, this makes it even more difficult to swallow that particular pill. 77% — are they hurting for money? Are they offering that much more than they did? OR, are we just willing to pay more now?
The sad part is - this story only got 2 diggs (mine and the submitter’s).
Original Description:
Americans discouraged by higher gas prices and airline fares may decide to spend more vacation time at home, perhaps watching television. But that, too, will cost them more than ever. Cable prices have risen 77 percent since 1996, roughly double the rate of inflation, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported this month.
