In Part one of this series, we took a look at the Mixx being a copy cat of Digg and how that argument, well isn't an argument. In this part, as promised, we'll play with some numbers and look at a little data analysis to answer that age old question; Is Digg really bigger than Mixx, or any other social news site?
Spend enough time on a few technology blogs and social media blogs and eventually you'll run into the "Mixx vs Digg vs Reddit vs Alien vs the Predator" article. Personally I'll put my money on either the Alien or the Predator, but lets leave them out so we can level the playing field. The comments on that hypothetical article tend to dismiss Mixx because its "small" and digg is so much bigger. Here's a small sample (actual comments):
Many Digg users are leaving Digg to join Mixx? Get your facts straight! Digg has 15M+ users, Mixx has 45K users or .003% of the Digg numbers.
I think Diggers are all over since Digg is such a large site
Since the first commenter I posted wants to play the numbers game lets do so now. He defends digg ...