Top 25 Most Dugg Articles On Digg Of All Time
May 27th, 2007 by Martin
This has taken bloody ages to do so please digg this article and make my effort worth while
Here we are starting at 25 working to number 1.
25 New digg comment system 6214 diggs
Here is a video of the new comment system… coming soon.
24 Two Years of Digging! 6297 diggs
“Hard to believe, but two years ago today, Kevin decided my code was bug- free enough to take down the beta sign and unleash Digg upon the world. It’s been a crazy and exciting time since then, and we owe it all to you - the loyal and passionate members of the Digg community.” Thanks everyone and Happy Birthday to all! : )
23 Please Digg: Man Comes Home To Find House Demolished by City!! 6359 diggs
This guy’s house was demolished by the city while he was out of town simply for the bricks the house was made of! Now the city’s giving him the runaround claiming they didn’t do anything wrong! Hopefully Digg can get this poor guy some national attention and shame the city into fixing the situation.
22 Brand New Unreleased Mac vs PC Commercia 6444 diggs
Check out the latest Mac TV commercial making fun of all the nagging security “features” in Vista. PC has a secret service guard next to him asking to allow or cancel all questions by the Mac.
21 MySpace Gets Goatse’d! 6447 diggs
Jason Scott discovers that MySpace users are hotlinking an image on his site. And not just a few — this image is being requested over 400,000 times per month. He decides to use the best known method to stop bandwidth leechers: goatse. In two days, he goatse’d over 25,000 people. Hilarious.
20 So neighbors steal your wi-fi net access, kill the connection or have fun 6603 diggs
So you find out that everyone in on your block is using your network without your permission. Do you lock it down or…? Or maybe you want to have a little fun. A little creativity with squid and you could turn your everything they browse upside down (literally)
19 Advice to Young Men from an Old Man 6628 diggs
1. Don ’t pick on the weak. It’s immoral. Don’t antagonize the strong without cause, its stupid. 2. Don’t hate women. It’s a waste of time 3. Invest in yourself. Material things come to those that have self actualized. 4. Get in a fistfight, even if you are going to lose. 5.
18 How DRM screwed itself (article) 6734 diggs
Today I learned some new numbers that I wouldn’t have cared about or learned any other way except an internet revolt against DRM. This Article best sums up how DRM just screwed themselves.
17 James and Kati found 6832 diggs
“I have a poplice scanner and am listenin to it right now her in Grants Pass, OR. They have found the mom and kids but dad left on snow shoes two days ago to find help. Mom and kids are being airlifted out to the hospital in Grants Pass within the hour.”
16 Massive list of sites all self learners should know about! 6940 diggs
Large list of the best sites for people that like learning online.This is a resubmission because it got 3 votes but… 261 Votes on reddit and 728 saves on del.icio.us… I say give it another chance.
15 Hello dear, I found this diskette that you were so frantically looking for 7105 diggs
Title says it all. [pic]
14 Massacre at Virginia Tech: 25 Confirmed Dead 7136 diggs
At least 25 people are dead in what may be the biggest mass killing on a college campus in American history — and the death toll may rise. Police at Virginia Tech say that the shootings happened at a dormitory and a classroom on opposite sides of the university campus in Blacksburg, Va.
13 1 Miiiiiillion Users 7232 diggs
It’s now been more than two years since the first story was submitted and dugg on Digg. Since then you guys have helped Digg move from a personal project amongst a group of friends to a huge online community. Now, your contributions in submitting, digging, and commenting on content have propelled Digg to a point I never dreamed of – as of today D
12 New York teen sues record Industry 7298 diggs
A New York teen, dubbed a pirate by the Record Industry, is counter suing them for defamation, violating anti-trust laws, conspiring to defraud the courts and making extortionate threats.
11 Photos of an Atomic Blast taken at 1/1000,000,000 of-a-second 7581 diggs
These Photos are of an Atomic Blast prior to any Mushroom Cloud forming. We rarely see these kinds of images. Harold Edgerton is famous for taking photos using High Speed Cameras to capture what the Human Eye alone, cannot see.
10 This Animation will make you hallucinate 7742 diggs
Stare at the center for a minute, then look away.
9 Senator Ted Stevens Downloads the Entire Internet and Complains It’s Slow! 7835 diggs
Regarding a recent vote, Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) explained why he voted against the amendment (basic net neutrality) and gave an amazing primer on how the Internet works: “It’s a series of tubes.” and “…an Internet was sent by my staff at 10 o’clock in the morning on Friday and I just got it yesterday.” Story includes an mp3 link.
8 Dear Kevin Rose, Please Create a Photo Section - Sign The Petition 7858 diggs
The last few days I ’ve noticed a number of photos getting to the front page of Digg. Some are great photos but I’m not sure they’re really front-page worthy, especially when you go to Flickr Explore and find shots that are really amazing. This is not to take anything away from the photographers, but rather a suggestion on how to improve Digg.
7 Scientists cure cancer, but no one takes notice 8231 diggs
Researchers at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada found a cheap and easy to produce drug that kills almost all cancers. The drug is dichloroacetate, and since it is already used to treat metabolic disorders, we know it should be no problem to use it for other purposes.
6 Pharma Wont Fund Cancer Cure, But You Can. Cant Donate? DIGG! 8320 diggs
DCA is one of the most promising leads to cure nearly all types of cancer. Yet is not receiving funding from the pharmaceutical companies because its inexpensive and not patentable. Don’t allow this to cure fade from the headlines into obscurity, help FUND the cure directly by digging this site! it donates all revenue to funding the cure!
5 RIAA loses in file sharing case 9073 diggs
The RIAA suffered a legal setback today, as a file-sharing case was dismissed and the defendant awarded attorneys fees.
4 Can you see the hidden image? 9940 diggs
Each digg this story receives will add another moving ball which will eventually reveal a hidden image.
3 Digg users right to freedom of speech, 50,000+ diggs strong!! 13347 diggs
I calculated the overall number of diggs (and counting), of stories one way or the other related to the HD-DVD story, that made it to the front page and were submitted just after Digg ’s own “DIGG: What’s Happening with HD-DVD Stories?” post submission and here are the stats: More than 50K+ diggs overall and more than 45K+ diggs on the front page.
2 New Digg v3 Launched 16009 diggs
It’s was live just right now. The midi was fun to hear.
1 Digg This: 09-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63-56-88-c0 38839 diggs
“But now, after seeing hundreds of stories and reading thousands of comments, you ’ve made it clear. You’d rather see Digg go down fighting than bow down to a bigger company. We hear you, and effective immediately we won’t delete stories or comments containing the code and will deal with whatever the consequences might be.”
You missed one:
http://digg.com/apple/How_I_learned_to_break_in_to_Apple_and_Code_for_them_without_Permission
Had it in my favorites since it got posted, currently sitting at 9609 diggs. I found this post wondering how many actually had more.
Did search hard enough
In this search, which only uses “digg” as a search term, these articles have FAR more digg’s than the ones you’ve listed. Top digg with 49098 (currently)
http://digg.com/search?s=digg&submit=Search§ion=all&type=both&area=promoted&sort=most
George Carlin died, 11k+ diggs