In The Wizards of Buzz, The Wall Street Journal has published an article about Digg-style sites and the people who lead the digging. It says:
To find the key influencers, The Wall Street Journal analyzed more than 25,000 submissions across six major sites. With the help of Dapper, a company that designs software to track information published on the Web, this analysis sifted through snapshots of the sites' home pages every 30 minutes over three weeks. The data included which users posted the submissions and the number of votes each received from fellow users. We then contacted scores of individual users to find which ones are tracked by the wider community.
As a result, it has been able to back up the story with details of 20 influencers, and most include a mug-shot. So if you're a fan of dirtyfratboy (Henry Wang), fatmike (Blake Reitzammer), Fedquip (Jeff Hoard) or whoever, you can now enjoy their 15 minutes of fame.
