Understood. The specific aspect of Digg that I am comparing recent trends to is that of submission of duplicate articles, and the inevitable notification thereo

Understood. The specific aspect of Digg that I am comparing recent trends to is that of submission of duplicate articles, and the inevitable notification thereof by other users. A small example: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site:http://news.ycombinator.com+duplicate+news.ycombinator.com&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai= http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site:http://news.yc...