Digg Uproar 2009: The Year Of The Power Whiner.

As I was perusing the messages on Digg, I could not help but to note that some people have already began their tirades against the same old issues that plagued Digg months ago. Whining, on Digg, has outdone itself, some of these people took the art to a brand new level — that of [...]

Digg Uproar: Blind Digging vs. Excessively Low Digging

Over the past few months there has been a lot of comments made about a thing called Blind Digging. The general attitude seems to be that Blind Digging is bad… in fact some speak out against it as if it is so cataclysmic that if it continues then it will cause the downfall [...]

Digg Uproar: Revolution Calling!

Digg Uproar: Revolution Calling!
Revolution calling
Revolution calling
Revolution calling you
There’s a] Revolution calling
Revolution calling
Gotta make a change
Gotta push, gotta push it on through
- Revolution Calling
Operation: Mindcrime
(Queensryche, 1988)
In J.D. Rucker’s article, Time to Act: Call for Blog Posts About Digg 10-12-2008, he states:
“Users [...]

Digg Uproar: Where have all the Top Users gone?

Over at Social News Central Mr. Babyman wrote a blog called “Digg’s Former Top Submitters: Where are they now?“. In the article Mr. Babyman makes the attempt to find out the answer to the question “Where have all the top users gone?“, but Andy isn’t content with reporting rumors and promoting hearsay – his [...]

Digg Uproar: Digg’s Ban Hammer Strikes Again!!

In an article called “The Ban Hammer falls again over at Digg“, by none other than former Top Digger Zaibatsu, it was reported that another 57 Diggers were banned. Almost immediately reports of another 10 to 20 Diggers were found to be struck by Digg’s mighty hammer. The last time the “Ban Hammer” [...]

Digg Uproar: Is the Digg Revolution underway?

The Digg Revolution: Fact or Fiction? Are Digg Users revolting in protest as a part of the Digg Uproar, or is Digg simply going through a transition period? Let’s re-cap some of the things that have been going on with Digg.
For months an attack against Mr. Babyman, Digg’s Number 1 Top User, [...]

Digg Uproar: Zaibatsu and the Digg Revolt

The latest news on the Digg Uproar front comes from an article found in the Pakistan Times called “Zaibatsu should be reinstated on Digg“. In the article Rubab mentions ‘The Digg Revolt‘, which is a term I’ve heard on a number of occasions since April or May of 2008.
It is obvious to me [...]

Digg Uproar: Zaibatsu Banned

The hot topic of the past 24 hours has been the fact that Digg’s Number 3 Top User was banned by Digg, but he wasn’t banned for the usual reasons. According to Zaibatsu, in the article “I was banned by Digg and for a pretty lame reason“, Zaibatsu stated:
“I had linked directly to the [...]

Digg Uproar: Digg Bans Users

This morning, while trying to decide what to write for my next blog post, I ran into another Digg Uproar. According to an article called “The Grim Reaper Has Visited Digg” on the Get Smart Blog:
“So it looks like Digg has gone on some kind of end of the summer cleaning spree. In the [...]