Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Why is Digg being censored?

The usual late night Digg check before heading off to sleep, just to see if anything catches my attention…

http://digg.com/world_news/Brave_Mujahideen_Warriors_Use_Children_in_Car_Bomb_2

Why is an article with 179 Diggs:
A: NOT been promoted to the Popular section
B: No longer listed in the Upcoming section

I always received the impression that we had the power to choose what became front-page material.
Yes, admitedly the article finally did reach the front page momentarily later, but the principle remains, what happened Digg?

Here it is sitting on 179 Diggs after only 2 hours

Sitting in Upcoming section

Notice how it’s status has not been “Made Popular” despite the number of Diggs in short period.

Moments later in the Upcoming section:

Upcoming? Not any more

Gone!

Digg was meant to give us the people control, 179 Diggs in 2 hours is more than enough evidence of it - so what happened guys?

UPDATE:

Just tracked another article like the one I was previously refering to:
I dont entirely agree with the articles content, however 202 Diggs and 12 Hours later, still nothing for this article.

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