Comments on: Mutiny On Digg!

By: SISCO BROOKLYN NY

SISCO BROOKLYN NY — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 00:47:34 +0000

I SAY YIPPY! ITS ABOUT TIME WE GET BACK AT ALL THOSE POWERS THAT BE. “GIVE SOME BACK YOU SONS OF BITCHES THERES PEOPLE DIEING IN THE WORLD OPEN YOUR EYES AND FACE THE MUSIC YOU WILL SOON MEET YOUR MAKER, PREPARE YOURSELVS.”

By: christian gehrke

christian gehrke — Thu, 03 May 2007 14:55:06 +0000

There are only a few sites I know of that have the power to bring most servers to their knees and Digg is one of them.

It’s become so common that they even have coined phrases used to describe when it happens. “the site has had a digging” or “the servers have been dugg”. The same is true for sites that get “slash dotted”.

The true power of a site such as Digg is it’s users and not it’s advertisers. This has to be considered by the owners of Digg and insure they stay true to what really matters. If they continue to focus on that they will always survive and thrive.

I know that slash dot users are proud of the fact that a site has been “slash dotted”. In my very humble opinion Digg needs to flex a few muscles and do what they can to stay true to it’s users and the TRUTH.

If a simple set of numbers is enough to bring down an encryption method then it’s the encryption method that is flawed and not Digg or its methods.

By: HÃƒÂ¥kan Reis

HÃƒÂ¥kan Reis — Thu, 03 May 2007 00:24:38 +0000

David. I agree with most in your post. And yes in the US (and some other countries) their are laws on publishing this kind of information. But the problem is that the net is not US jurisdiction. DMCA is an American law, even if the big money is pushing it into EU right now.

But for me, let them push all DRM and idiotic laws out the door, in the end they will recognize that the problem isn’t piracy. Its the product. And the user experience when you buy a DVD today is that you are a criminal. Hey the only way to get a better video experience today is to use the film-only copy.

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 02 May 2007 22:38:51 +0000

It is important to note that not all diggers reacted with the same teenage basement mutiny mentality:
http://www.paydayloanaffiliate.com/blog/DiggersVsDigg.aspx

By: Ian Weir

Ian Weir — Wed, 02 May 2007 16:46:39 +0000

One thing I’ve noticed in all of this is that a lot of users were screaming about how this was going against their freedom of speech, rights, et cetera.
To all of those people, I say this: Welcome to the internet – you’re not in kansas anymore.
With all the TOS agreements and so on, freedom of speech on (most of) the internet is not the presence of freedom, but rather a lack of a removal of it.

By: LuisL

LuisL — Wed, 02 May 2007 15:04:03 +0000

Yes! publish all that secret shit!
force all these monopolies out of the closet!
If their businesses are so poorly protected, they did not deserve them in the first place! Bring those tabus down!
WhatÃ‚Â´s a stupid encription key?
If DIGG tried censoring information, they do not deserve their place in the free world!

By: DataHaunt

DataHaunt — Wed, 02 May 2007 14:43:47 +0000

DIGG has had a reputation as the kindergarten section of Web 2.0. This is just the latest sign of that fact.

By: Apexxx

Apexxx — Wed, 02 May 2007 08:22:17 +0000

Mass immaturity. The hack was already all over the internet, it’s a shame that the AOL kiddies joined to create havoc for one site,, although it has been deteriorating rapidly lately,, This is what keeps the intellect down,

By: Cookie

Cookie — Wed, 02 May 2007 08:08:19 +0000

I don’t think Digg users will turn away from it, especially now that they have made their point clear! I wonder what they are gonna do when the lawsuits follow. Let’s face it, the DMCA is a stupid and evil law. It basically says you can go to jail for simply knowing a certain number!

By: Namarrgon

Namarrgon — Wed, 02 May 2007 06:58:45 +0000

Try http://www.digg.com/ instead. Also, see http://blog.digg.com/?p=74?

Crisis over, we can all go home now.