Digg = MSM

[Jon4Ron]

I wanted to point out what many of us have witnessed on Digg, with a picture to help some of you who don't really understand the issue. Digg is supposed to be based on popularity and therefor is intended to promote stories that are submitted and voted on by the community. They claim they used algorithms to keep a more fair and balanced approach so no one topic dominates their pages. However if you look at the image I made from 2 different digg pages you can see the HOT News section contains mostly references to Obama with the lowest one having a total of 20 diggs. This article had been sitting there for a long time and while I don't know exactly when it made this list, I do know that it was submitted 23 hours ago. On the same page ("Upcoming") you can see at the bottom a story "Military Backs Ron Paul for President" with 27 diggs, it was submitted 25 minutes ago and since then has fallen off the Upcoming page. This is a small example of the type of things that Digg does. I don't know about you guys but I was tired of spoon feeding around the age of 2.

 

[CareerTech1]

yep

 

[Joe3113]

Digg is 100% controlled.

I know because I'm an avid digger.

 

[dwdollar]

Digg is mostly an enclave for liberals and children.

 

[IDefendThePlatform]

I just sent them an email questioning their Obama bias. I'll let you know if I hear back.

 

[rycodge]

Politically speaking, digg is like an extension of dailykos with a vote button. It was great to see Ron Paul articles dominate digg a while back, but now it's an Obama love fest. No surprise there. I'm sure many have opened their eyes due to Ron Paul being on digg. I can't see us affecting that many more people on digg.

 

[Zolah]

Digg is further proof that "democracy" doesn't work

 

[Redcard]

It's not about whether you digg up or digg down Ron Paul vs Barack Obama.

It's what ELSE you do on the site. If you're only there for Ron Paul, your vote will _NEVER_ count as much as mine, because I go to different categories, vote on different stories, submit different stories, and don't have the same people voting with me all the time.

You've devalued Ron Paul's worth on that site, and the algorithim was rewritten to counteract people trying to game the site.

If you want proof, go to a different cateogry, in masse, and try to dig up a story. You'll see that story will rise to the top.

But you can't just digg the same things every day and not be noticed by the algorithim. Your votes weight went down.

 

[Mystile]

libertarians for Obama????

Are they fucking retarded?????

Snowball's chance in hell a libertarian would EVER EVER support a big budget socialist like Obama.

 

[ProfNo]

Great documentation of what I know has been going on there for a long time.

I used to go to digg a lot, but stopped going a while back because it just got ridiculous.

A Ron Paul story will have hundreds of diggs, and yet not make it popular, while an Obama story will back it popular with fifty digss.

Just strait up bull.

 

[fletcher]

Submit it to digg.

 

[blaumittwoch]

No no, you guys have it all wrong.

First off, it is ridiculous to even believe that Digg would censor anything intentionally. The most they've ever done is remove a story on the HD-DVD crack, and everyone on Digg went insane for a couple of days. (proof) Kevin Rose and Jay Alderson are smart enough to realize that any kind of censorship is disastrous.

Second, the only reason it isn't showing up in the US Elections section is because it's not a live action list. It updates every few hours. Please do not freak over this, it's just how the system works. Besides, i don't see anything devastating if a story with 27 isn't seen by the 3 people that use the US Election subsection. None of those stories will even reach the front page anyway.

Finally, what would be Digg's reason to censor Ron Paul? There has been nothing but Ron Paul stories on Digg for the past year. Anyone who goes to Digg are already a) for Ron Paul or b) against Ron Paul. Posting Ron Paul on Digg is not reaching out to the audience that votes anyway. Don't freak the fuck out because one little story hasn't reached the front page of upcoming stories. Stop being so greedy.

Also, get off of the computer and canvass. This is not an issue.

 

[Ciceros]

I had them delete my account. Weather intentionally or by a very highly organized bury brigade, it's not hard to see some type of censorship going on with RP stories. I wash my hands once again!

 

[blaumittwoch]

This is why:

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/23/digg-changes-algorithm-no-more-group-voting-up-stories/

I agree. Sorry, I go there for my tech news, not Ron Paul news. I go here for Ron Paul news, however frustrating it may be.

 

[slamhead]

Not to mention there is a bury brigade...that buries anything to do with Ron Paul.

 

[Devil_rules_in_extremes]

Ladies and Gentlemen. The Free Market at work:

http://www.mixx.com/

Don't like Digg go there, and spread the word.

 

[polexi]

http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Kevin_Rose_Supports_Barack_Obama

Yep, he supports him. Digg is biased....Reddit here I come.