What is Digg?246 Comments
- Gumby902, on 10/12/2007, -28/+152I dugg your comment back up brokenempires. You are 100% right, Kevin and his digg team seem to have forgotten that this empire was built on our backs and without the Digg community this site is just another web 2.0 flop. Maybe we should all just move on to other sites for a month or so and see what digg looks like without us. I am shocked about how things went down today, and it has left me with a bad taste in my mouth. I have lost some of my trust and respect in Digg and Mr. Rose.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -36/+14809-F9-11-02-9D-74-E3-5B-D8-41-56-C5-63-56-88-C0
REVOLT THIS BITCH - jstohler, on 10/12/2007, -10/+93OK, the big secret is out. Can we have our old Digg back? I miss the pictures of stacking frogs.
- p0tent1al, on 10/12/2007, -19/+93How many times do we have to explain to peeps that Digg is wrong.
1. hexadecimal numbers CANNOT BE COPYRIGHTED.
2. They still haven't explained why they banned everyone for criticizing them, WITHOUT MENTIONING THE KEY.
3. Slashdot received a takedown notice, and didn't succumb to it like digg is succumbing now, so all the losers saying that we don't understand, no, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND. - jstohler, on 10/12/2007, -17/+67300 diggs, and this ain't on the front page yet. It's a weird world.
- loconet, on 10/12/2007, -6/+40People don't seem to understand that this goes beyond a silly little hex key. The key has been out for months. A new one will come and it will also be broken. This is not about that. This about consumers finally standing up against the ***** being fed to them by media giants. They crossed the line today when they forced digg to censor user generated content, not only articles but also comments and somewhat related content.
As a consumer i am sick and tired of getting fabricated excuses as to why i can't play what i've bought wherever the hell i want. NO, i dont care if you keep making up the story that DRM is to protect yourself from piracy. I don't buy it. DRM will be broken no matter what. DRM is there to ensure your revenue stream by controlling where I can play the content. Enough of that *****.
This is a revolt against the greediness and blatant disrespect for the consumer that comes from the mpaa/riaa.
SAVE THE NUMBERS, SAVE THE WORLD. REMEMBER The 1st of MAY. - jjk5, on 10/12/2007, -7/+35Digg has frozen the front page, no new stories are reaching it. The submit page is also throwing up a 404.
- carpespasm, on 10/12/2007, -5/+33the revolutiuon will not be televised, it will be released on HDDVD, then ripped and frontpaged a few days from now.
- Drood, on 10/12/2007, -23/+4709-F9-11-02-9D-74-E3-5B-D8-41-56-C5-63-56-88-C0
Watching Digg Swarm, you can see SOMETHING is going on behind the scenes. Tons of diggs on article then.... Nothing. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18To be honest, this is fascinating.
- directedition, on 10/12/2007, -7/+23The sky isn't falling. It's under new management.
- shiftt, on 10/12/2007, -34/+49http://www.digg.com/programming/Digg_For_Freedom_09_F9_11_02_9d_74_E3_5b_D8_41_56_C5_63_56_88_C0
- TomK88, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14This is idiotic. Do you expect Digg to just sit there and get sued?
- mlerner, on 10/12/2007, -5/+16Well I got to say I'm disappointed.. the Digg community is full of immature idiots. That's right, you can digg me down if you wish but even at Slashdot this sort of thing would never happen. I've been part of Digg for many years but I may have to re-think that since a website like digg relies on a good community which has now turned sour.
- InkTank, on 10/12/2007, -8/+19They are blocking new story submissions
- alexhhhh, on 11/28/2008, -2/+12oh come on calling it a "revolt" don't you think that is taking it a little out of proportion
you guys spammed a website
not overthrew a government - kidcodea, on 10/12/2007, -11/+21its not a mob, its the users, that represent the content of this site.
dont ***** with our freedom - MisterCookie, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11Because posting a number under complete anonymity is the real way to preserve freedom! I can't help get the feeling that digg is run by 12 year olds trying to stick it to "the man" by doing what everyone else is doing.
- ZaNkY, on 10/12/2007, -9/+16(user deleted)
- CourtesyFlush, on 10/12/2007, -5/+12The herd needed a good thinning anyway.
Ban.Them.All. - Tiak, on 10/12/2007, -20/+27Yay for the mob mentality in this comment!
To be honest who gives of ***** if DIGG gets mad at us digging all these "key" stories? Why because you will lose money? News flash *****, the only reason you have that offer on the plate is BECAUSE OF US!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111 WITHOUT US, DIGG AIN'T ***** BUT ANOTHER NETSCAPE.
Digg isn't getting mad at us, I don't think anyone at digg is "mad" at all, they're just doing what they see as necisary to avoid a legal battle, whether they would be the obvious winner or not lawyers that can actually win a case against these people aren't cheap.
It's a testament to the accuracy of this article that the very first comment is someone who used caps, "!!!1111", and expousing rebellion against his horrifics Digg opressors. - faustianideals, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7What the hell is wrong with you people? Digg doesn't want that ***** on their website, so stop posting it. You think you're actually revolting? More so stabbing the community in the back. Great job, really, you have now made idiots out of yourselves.
Have fun with your "revolt", lol. -_- - formulathree, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Slashdot is to Balls as Digg is to Vagina.
It's re-assuring to know that when the ***** hit the fan, Slashdot came out on top. - mbiesz, on 10/12/2007, -15/+2109 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0
09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0
09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0
Yeah, how long until I get banned? - Beatmiser, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7At this point the spammers have gone beyond making a point and entered into the realm of just being dicks for fun.
- m00nstone, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Lame-ass geek revolt. Wake me up when it's over.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -7/+13WHY CANT WE SUBMIT NEW STORIES!? sorry bout the all caps but i really want to know.
ps: wtf is going on - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+11@coolian:
and I thought digg was annoying with all the os x/vista/ubuntu and democrat/rebuplican/irag nonstop bickering, but at least it occasionally yielded a groaner of a "In Soviet Russia..." joke... - Roger, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6"hexadecimal numbers CANNOT BE COPYRIGHTED."
Why not? You can copyright software and you can represent ANY software program as a hex number. Hence you should be able to copy a hex number. - Tiak, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Just, for the last time, I feel like saying, digg is not pissed, digg is not trying to attack its users, digg did not rip the pages down and mess with the front page to screw with the innocent users who are just submitting stories... Digg started manually removing stories, to show that there was at least some attempt to cover their asses legally and this likely ***** over the system.
The items they attempted to remove really aren't that important, this information has been out there for months, and is only useful to the select few that want/know how to write their own programs to use it to generate the key for the specific HDDVD, to most of us, these stories really have ZERO importance, so removing them, and avoiding a legal conflict isn't a big deal... Think about it, if this fiasco hadn't gone on, how important would these numbers be to you?... You'd glance over them, likely say, "Hey, that's cool", then go on your way, never caring about them ever again, but perhaps casually knowing they're used in som app you us to rip HD-DVDs... The whole issue is only newsworthy because people reeacted to it in this way, which in itself implies that this reaction is ridiculous.
At first I was going along with the commotion, but I have since undugg all of the pointless duplicates... I mean come on people, actually think about it. - d00by, on 10/12/2007, -6/+11Get your official Hex Code Wallpaper: http://img456.imageshack.us/img456/5961/hexwallpaperoa2.png
- Ahnteis, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5>>Freedom bad! Censorship good!
Really? You aren't proving it. If an external viewer were to examine digg right now, they would be forced to conclude that freedom leads to stagnation, idiocy, crowd mentality, and no actual discussion. - sharedferret, on 10/12/2007, -9/+13Why isn't this getting promoted? It's got over 400 diggs!
- MrDaniil, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5What is it with "revolutions" these days? Estonia, Digg - oh wait, its not a country. Never mind. Keep on the *****.
- das7282, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4"I'm sorry, having your rights taken away isnt news to you?
Sit back and have your ass raped by George Bush."
What rights you retard! You know back when you signed up on Digg, you agreed to a TOS... That meant that if you wanted to use Digg then you had to play by THEIR RULES you moron. When you use someone else's service and YOU agreed to their rules, you have no rights to break their rules you moron!!! - MMilitia, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7This is ***** retarded. Can all you nerds just shut up so I can read some real news.
- nicholasmchugh, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I'm sorry but waaaaaaaay too many people think freedom of speech applies to private companies granting it to their customers, they can censor what ever they want and it's your freedom to choose something else. I for one won't miss over-zealous "freedom fighters" who jump on any bandwagon to protest and try and tell everyone what their freedom is supposed to look like. All this crap is over whether or not people should be allowed to distribute content that clearly infringes on someones IP, if you wrote an app and expected payment from it, how would you like people to spread instructions on how to steal it. I swear I find myself reading through comments sometimes just to laugh at the realllllly dumb ***** these immature, pirating kids say.
- das7282, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I think they should ban every single one of the immature morons! If I was the admin at Digg, I would.
- gotamd, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6The people doing this need to stop. It's not cool, it's just stupid. I don't want Digg to be shut down, do you?
- elvenseven, on 10/12/2007, -8/+12http://imgplace.com/directory/dir2093/1178072632_1538.jpg
- aarongough, on 10/12/2007, -4/+7I love that even though I got dug down out of view I can simply add another comment!
Stop being such cry babies! WAAH!
Digg is still the site we know and love so just chill already.
and get over yourselves - nickbender, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4you all... are children
- otheruser, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4*btw, those "quotes" were found as graffiti on walls in May 1968, France.
- Ricapar, on 10/12/2007, -8/+11Seems like Digg froze the front page.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4You said it! They stink on ice!
- riah, on 10/12/2007, -9/+12I, for one, welcome our new 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0 overlords.
- abel01, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3maybe you should all set up your own sites and post any and all keys you want there. I wouldn't think it would take to long for an isp/hosting company to close the door on it. In the mean time stop pissing the rest of us off that find Digg interesting and enjoyable.
- sparks2, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6"This incidence only goes to show that the social web is a great tool in the hands of the masses, but in the absence of any moderation or regulation, the masses can become a mob"
No, this incidence shows that if you make a site with democratic information, you can't go around banning anyone who mentions the hex number or talks about "censorship".
Digg is what it's users want it to be. Right now, they want it to be a big mess so that its creators get a clue, hence, that's what it is. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -6/+9643 diggs and this is still in the queue pool. That's gotta be a record of some sort. Poor Digg employees, they must be scrambling at their offices right now. Erm May 1st 2007 Digg Riots.
- m00nstone, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5Lame-ass geek revolt. Wake me up when it's over.
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