Buried on Digg: How & Why?

***Please read the last paragraph before digging (or burying) this story***

As a relatively new user of the Digg system I have been trying to understand how the Digg system works. One of the most perplexing aspects of Digg, however, is the "bury" feature.

Buried!



This was my last post on this blog and it had 30 diggs in 50 minutes until it was "buried".

Front Page?



This story made the front page with just 29 diggs in over 23 hours and only 3 comments?

What Digg Says.

This is the official explanation of how a story is buried, right from the FAQ page:

Stories can also be removed by users with the 'Bury Story' feature within digg. Once a story receives enough 'buries' it is automatically removed from the digg Upcoming or Popular sections. The number of reports required to bury is based on a sliding scale that takes several factors into consideration (such as number of diggs, reports, time of day, topic submitted to, etc.).

So What's the Deal?

I leave it to you experienced Digg users to please help me understand why my story, that people are digging, gets buried while a story that is way less popular gets elevated to the front page.