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Digg’s Top 10 Stories of 2009

Posted on December 24, 2009 by by valerirojas

The guys from the popular Web and tech news blog site Mashable have put together the top 10 Digg stories of 2009.

Note: This list did not come from the Digg team however the Mashable team used a Digg application called Digg 365 to come up with the list, Digg 365 summarizes the top stories for every day, month and year on Digg since 2005.

So the Top 10 Digg Stories of 2009 according to the Mashable team are:

- 10. 11,200+ diggs: This is why I love Digg… (PIC)
  - Summary: Digg bands together to “sing” a classic…
- 9. 11,400+ diggs: Girlfriend’s angry emails to her vacationing boyfriend
  - Summary:One of the best humor videos from CollegeHumor this year. The text says it all..
- 8. 11,500+ diggs: Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard
  - Summary: The Onion mocks Apple and Apple’s fanboys with the “Macbook Wheel.”
- 7. 11,800+ diggs: Mythbusters vaporize a car with a rocket sled doing 650mph
  - Summary: Do I really have to explain this one?
- 6. 12,200+ diggs: AT&T blocks 4chan!
  - Summary: AT&T blocks 4chan. 4chan responds angrily. A ceasefire is declaredand AT&T unblocks 4chan. AT&T says it wasn’t aimed at 4chan. Moral of the story: Don’t piss off 4chan.
- 5. 12,800+ diggs: The Pirate Bay Trial: The Official Verdict – Guilty
  - Summary: The Pirate Bay’s founders were declared guilty of copyright infringement, beginning TPB’s long spiral downward.
- 4. 14,300+ diggs: We Didn’t Start the Flame War [Music Video]
  - Summary:CollegeHumor hits another home run with this video.
- 3. 18,800+ diggs: The Story of Prisoner F95488
  - Summary: This ESPN Magazine article touched a nerve with the Digg community as a rising soccer star was thrown into jail for something many believe he didn’t do.
- 2. 24,900+ diggs: Michael Jackson Dies
  - Summary: The world mourned together.
- 1. 25,500+ diggs: Barack Obama Officially Becomes 44th American President
  - Summary: Digg saw Obama as change it could believe in.