Digg gets pwned, crowd goes wild.
Just in case you missed it, the very popular (and even more so at the moment) social bookmarking site digg.com has really screwed the pooch. They decided to remove posts that linked to, or referenced the now insanely popular HD-DVD DRM key which in theory you can use to copy HD-DVD movies. As you can well imagine the very flawed thought process at digg.com was to try and remove something which I am sure the MPAA was going to give them a hassle over but the resulting flood of new posts (featuring the key) are now swamping the site. <sadistic laugh> Of course this proves two things, one that yes, digg.com CAN be manipulated by a large number of users and two, that even minor attempts to “filter” or remove posts such as these are doomed to fail thanks to the very social aspect of the site itself. As for the impact to the MPAA’s latest attempts at DRM….well, better luck next time.
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meh, it’ll be a popularity boost if anything for digg. They are getting more coverage now.
Very good article. Thanks for the good information.