Digg Stories Bore You After An Hour

Remember the good old days, back in 2006, when an online article had a freshness date of roughly 36 hours? A couple of scientists have found that's about 35 hours too long these days.

Second, stories don't hold Digg attention spans for very long:

Through a statistical analysis of the site, the researchers discovered that just a handful of stories hog most people's attention and most links seem to lose their appeal in just 69 minutes. Wu and Huberman say the finding could perhaps help website designers find new ways to keep people interested when faced with an avalanche of information.

Plenty of

They'll probably see that for themselves once their research hits Digg.