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Digg, not democracy after all.

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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.

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Tom S4lami · 20 years ago

New story has been posted on Digg army vanishing:
http://digg.com/technology/Digg_Disappearances_Official_


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mjerome · 20 years ago

sorry off topic…

are minors allowed to attend iBlog summits? interesting kasi eh :D


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AhmedF · 20 years ago
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Kates · 20 years ago

I can see slashdot fans smirking in one corner.


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ade · 20 years ago

Oh, my… I certainly hope that it doesn’t mean the end of Web 2.0


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J. Angelo Racoma · 20 years ago

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?


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