Sci.Astro Post Makes Front Page of Digg 8 Years Later
Old news does occasionally make headlines, at least with our friend's from Digg anyways.
Sci.astro newsgroup poster "Tom" made it to the front page of Digg today with his 1999 post about why space is dark.
Why did it take 8 years for this random post to gain notoriety?
Perhaps the world's supply of Ubuntu and "top ten ways to do x" articles has been exhausted. Either way sci.astro is enjoying a bit of time in the sun.
Among the posts in the newsgroup's original thread, were comments from planetarium program directors, university professors, and members of amateur astronomy organizations. Digg posters commented on the science behind the post, as well as made jokes about why space is dark, giving reasons such as "It's emo."
Sci.astro is home to a diverse group of astronomy enthusiasts and threads can be very in depth and technical. We definitely recommend checking out more recent threads in the newsgroup and perhaps posting a bit of your own.
Of course, as for whether or not your post will make the front page of a social media news site 8 years in the future is anyone's guess.
See the Digg link post at http://www.digg.com/space/Why_Is_Space_Dark
Sci.astro newsgroup poster "Tom" made it to the front page of Digg today with his 1999 post about why space is dark.
Why did it take 8 years for this random post to gain notoriety?
Perhaps the world's supply of Ubuntu and "top ten ways to do x" articles has been exhausted. Either way sci.astro is enjoying a bit of time in the sun.
Among the posts in the newsgroup's original thread, were comments from planetarium program directors, university professors, and members of amateur astronomy organizations. Digg posters commented on the science behind the post, as well as made jokes about why space is dark, giving reasons such as "It's emo."
Sci.astro is home to a diverse group of astronomy enthusiasts and threads can be very in depth and technical. We definitely recommend checking out more recent threads in the newsgroup and perhaps posting a bit of your own.
Of course, as for whether or not your post will make the front page of a social media news site 8 years in the future is anyone's guess.
See the Digg link post at http://www.digg.com/space/Why_Is_Space_Dark
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