brentcsutoras.com — Many top digg users helped push an article to the front page of digg tonight, that discussed the changes Digg made this week to the number of votes it takes for a story to be promoted to the front page.
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johnnyallsmilesJan 24, 2008
Kevin Rose needs to make a Digg Jr. for the children.
m1ss1ontomarsJan 24, 2008
Last time someone posted "digga please" it got dugg down into oblivion.
hummer13Jan 24, 2008
Having so much "power" in so few hands, for a site like this, is not the idea. The site was not designed for a story to get to the front page based on a persons merit instead of the "contents" or sites merit.The Digg guys should create a setting where you could block the top 500 diggers if you wanted to and only display the other articles. I would love to see the content that shows up.
jeffyjonesJan 24, 2008
I totally agree with you. What a bunch of f**king cry babies. I love how important they think they are, and that what they submit means that much more than other people.Digg is a business, and if the wisdom of the crowd is just a niche crowd, the site's overall usefulness goes into the crapper.
anklebitingJan 24, 2008
I hope the crybaby clique makes good on its threat to take its whining elsewhere.
raitchisonJan 24, 2008
There haven't been small independent stores that sell the things I buy from Target in my area (Southern California) for decades, since well before either Target or Wal-Mart even existed in my area. There were (and still are) smaller specialized stores but these are universally part of huge chains.The Mom and Pop clothing store wasn't killed by Wal-Mart or Target, it was killed by Sears and JCPenneyThe Mom and Pop record store wasn't killed by Wal-Mart or Target, it was killed by Tower Records and Sam Goody (currently getting what they deserve)The Mom and Pop Sporting Goods store wasn't killed by Wal-Mart or Target, it was killed by Big 5 and Oshman'sLamenting the loss of small, independent retailers today is kind of like lamenting the loss of corner grocery stores butcher shops and bakeries in the 1950s, decades late and pointless.For the record, I did and do support small, local stores where possible, I stayed with my local family owned video store until they closed, then switched to a small regional chain (that I had to drive past 2 Blockbusters and a Hollywood video to get to) until they closed and I went to Hollywood. I used a small local chain of electronics stores even after they closed their three stores one by one, the last one that closed was 20 miles away and I still went there bypassing 2 Frys until they closed (now I only buy online). Twice in the past year we've bough furniture from local stores instead of Wickes or IKEA.In general though, the idea of the small store is a flawed, obsolete business model which is why it failed, changing times and technology always changes industries and occupations including the milkman & iceman, before that the blacksmith and sailmaker or even before that the scribe or miller.
purepremiumpulpJan 25, 2008
wow, lame, stfu