digg stories history rings

3 June 2008

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a simple visualization of the top 10 most-dugg stories of the day (by midnight) for the past year, rendered as a series of tree-ring-like symbols, moving outwards in time. rings are colored according to Digg's eight top-level categorizations. ring thickness is linearly proportional to the number of diggs the story received. trends comparisons can be made by category or weekday.

[link: chrisharrison.net]

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It looks very appealing, but what insights is it supposed to provide?

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