The "wisdom" of crowds

So, my partner sent me yet another article on how Digg.com is failing. It seems a small group of users control the stories that appear on the front page of Digg. This is a problem because this small group seems to be acting as a cohesive unit that votes all of their stories to the top. In the book "The Wisdom of Crowds" when ever you have a small group, they can be subject to group think. When this happens, the whole crowd tends to be not as smart as it could have been. And in the case of Digg, this can make their system not as democratic as it could have been.

Now, this relates to KungFuGrip because we use the same exact ranking system as Digg. Hence, we also want users to post, and we want them to vote. But, unlike Digg we have a big ad on our space that states "democratizing entertainment." This is not too cool to say, if your system is anything but democratic.

So, my solution is to post the new content with the gripped content on the front page. Also, I want to create a tab where links appear in random order. Then hopefully, people will learn we are truely "democratic" and come our way. Or at least more than 50 users per day!