Blog P.I.

No, not The Rock — that’s BA-ROCK.

As most readers of Blog P.I. should know, Digg is an Internet phenomenon that drains bandwith by the bucket because of how much traffic it can send to an unsuspecting site which happens to post something the tech world instantly loves. So, this is a pretty big deal:

3800+ diggs (plus 500 comments and counting) is more than I’ve seen for any story about any political candidate, and many more than “internet savvy” John Edwards — to whom, it seems, Diggers have not taken a shine. In fact, in just a few short hours, Obama’s announcement could well become the top political story on Digg over the last 365 days.

But what’s the conventional wisdom? Bloggers don’t like him.

Maybe Diggers just don’t know politics. Read the site long enough, and you’ll notice there is a lot Diggers don’t know. But then again, maybe it’s the bloggers who just don’t digg what everyone else does.

Update: By late Sunday the 21st, the story has just shy of 6,000 diggs and more than 600 comments. That’s nothing compared to the 20,000+ diggs for the announcement of the iPhone, but this is Digg we’re talking about.