There’s been some “conspiracy theory” going around with Digg and one of its founder, Kevin Rose.
To cut the story short — a blog got banned for exposing the so-called Digg Army which abuses the system.
Well, any system is prone to abuse and gaming, but co-founder Kevin Rose was allegedly involve. Talk about gaming your own creation.
Stories abound and people Digging these stories are getting their accounts banned and their IP addresses blocked. Now that could really spark people’s curiosity.
Read for yourself:
New story has been posted on Digg army vanishing:
http://digg.com/technology/Digg_Disappearances_Official_
sorry off topic…
are minors allowed to attend iBlog summits? interesting kasi eh :D
Bang: http://forevergeek.com/news/responding_to_kevins_nonresponse_post.php
I can see slashdot fans smirking in one corner.
Oh, my… I certainly hope that it doesn’t mean the end of Web 2.0
Here’s a “buried” entry on the DIGG.com site itself:
http://digg.com/technology/Digg_Corrupted
And here’s my take, of course:
http://racoma.net/archives/is-diggcom-not-the-user-drive-news-site-it-was-hyped-up-to-be/
Does this signal the demise of one of the bastions of Web 2.0?