Has Digg Dugg it’s own Grave? Questions for Kevin Rose
Not so long ago, Digg was banning sites it didn’t like. I was amazed at how quickly Digg founder, Kevin Rose reversed his position to “respect these rights and to comply with the law” and no, not sipped, but guzzled the kool-aid of anarchists, crackers, DOSers and spammers, some of whom believe that they have a “right to freedom of speech.” Kevin actually posted the HD-DVD key in the title of his post. Hey, you’re hosting a Web site, not a WTO convention.
Apologies to Atticus Finch, Leonidas, et al.
Some questions for Kevin Rose and Digg:
- Can anyone now post anything on Digg?
- Is it now okay for anyone to violate Digg’s TOS?
- Will all banned users and stories be restored?
Let’s see what happens. All eyes are on you.
Update: Some good and lengthier discussion of the recent Digg phenomena comes from bloggers Mark Blair of SMOBlog and Andy Beal of Marketing Pilgrim.
Update 1/24/08: There appears to be yet another Digg revolt in progress which is being tracked by Lyndon Antcliff aka Lyndoman. Apparently the plebians aren’t getting enough Digg bread and circuses from the patricians. Spammers are lurking at the gates as well.
May 2nd, 2007 at 8:54 pm
Right on! My latest post also has some questions for Kevin in the gang: http://allsux.com/category/digg
May 5th, 2007 at 1:22 pm
Well it turned out ok in the sense that they allowed the topics, let’s just hope that the big companies don’t go for Digg now because of some copyright issues or something. Actually I think they won’t because it will make us, the people on the internet, furious.
January 25th, 2008 at 1:45 am
So do think Kevin Rose regrets his famous HD-DVD post? I think not, lol!