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The Rigging Of Digg: How A Covert Mob Of Conservatives Hijacked The Web’s Top Social News Site
http://digg.com/d31YzU4 ^ | Aug 5th, 2010 | The Public Record

Posted on 08/11/2010 8:45:37 AM PDT by Lucky9teen

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1 posted on 08/11/2010 8:45:41 AM PDT by Lucky9teen
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To: Lucky9teen

BTTT!


2 posted on 08/11/2010 8:48:36 AM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: Lucky9teen

And you’re damn right, I’m a conservative activist...and I don’t see any problem going and “digging” an article, if it supports the truth. And I don’t see a problem being pinged, or pinging someone, to do the same.

Man, these guys are hateful.


3 posted on 08/11/2010 8:48:39 AM PDT by Lucky9teen (Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God. ~ Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Lucky9teen

MUHAHAHAHAHA!


4 posted on 08/11/2010 8:49:22 AM PDT by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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To: BuckeyeTexan

Ping - You’re famous!


5 posted on 08/11/2010 8:49:22 AM PDT by OldDeckHand
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To: Lucky9teen

Personally, I’m not into digg and am not really sure what it is other than it involves the concept of rating a site. I see the “digg it” icon from time to time and ignore it.

But the simple truth is that both sides have access to the internet.


6 posted on 08/11/2010 8:49:48 AM PDT by RobRoy (The US Today: Revelation 18:4)
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To: Lucky9teen

Well Done Patriots! Way to beat the Progressive Fascists at their own game! I love the screams of anguish wafting off this article, it sounds like victory!


7 posted on 08/11/2010 8:50:20 AM PDT by MNJohnnie (The problem with Socialism is eventually you run our of other peoples money. Lady Thatcher)
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To: Lucky9teen

The left just won’t realize that the public is largely running away from them and towards the right.


8 posted on 08/11/2010 8:50:42 AM PDT by Dayman
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To: Lucky9teen

ROFLMFAO!!!!

Alinsky’s “RULES FOR RADICALS”
10. “The major premise for tactics is the development of operations that will maintain a constant pressure upon the opposition. It is this unceasing pressure that results in the reactions from the opposition that are essential for the success of the campaign.”

Let’s keep KICKING THEIR ASSES — RIGHT OUT OF POWER!!!


9 posted on 08/11/2010 8:51:25 AM PDT by Dick Bachert (The upcoming election is the most important in our lifetimes!!! BE THERE!!!!!!!)
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To: Lucky9teen; Shimmer1

ping


10 posted on 08/11/2010 8:52:00 AM PDT by null and void (We are now in day 563 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
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To: Lucky9teen

WGAS? Liberals should be more worried about the failure of their messiah Obama and his economic disaster than some barely relevant internet site.


11 posted on 08/11/2010 8:53:10 AM PDT by Weird Tolkienish Figure
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To: jan in Colorado

pingaling ;) God Bless you lady.


12 posted on 08/11/2010 8:53:15 AM PDT by Lucky9teen (Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God. ~ Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Lucky9teen

“social news ecosystem”

Are you kidding me?


13 posted on 08/11/2010 8:54:33 AM PDT by Weird Tolkienish Figure
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To: Lucky9teen
It is clear that the Digg Patriots are now capable of lifting any content they wish to the forefront of the largest social news site on the web, no matter how vitriolic and biased the content is and no matter how artificial its support may be.

Hmmm, sounds like a leftist complaining about his inability to do exactly that.

Btw, I'm not on digg, and likely never will be.

14 posted on 08/11/2010 8:54:41 AM PDT by thulldud (Is it "alter or abolish" time yet?)
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To: thulldud

The left doesn’t have the attention span to keep the digg hits going. The Doritos keep whispering in their head. “eat me”


15 posted on 08/11/2010 8:57:31 AM PDT by listenhillary (When will our government stop abusing us and stop hurting our children?)
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To: Lucky9teen

I must not be web-savvy. Never heard of Digg.


16 posted on 08/11/2010 8:57:58 AM PDT by GSWarrior (I'm from the government and I'm here to change the climate.)
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To: Lucky9teen
Reddit.com should be next.

A bigger bunch of deranged commies you won't meet this side of DU.

17 posted on 08/11/2010 8:57:58 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The man who speaks to you of sacrifice, speaks of slaves and masters, and intends to be the master.)
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To: thulldud

agreed. I’ve been here since 2000, I’m a freeper, and I am a heavy internet user.. Never even heard of Digg Patriot thing.

we “Freep” internet polls.. they call that cheating... they steal elections as in Al Franken.... we all know which is the real crime.


18 posted on 08/11/2010 8:58:10 AM PDT by Chuzzlewit
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To: Lucky9teen

Soooo...some, ‘lil snot-nosed lib is upset because Digg isn’t uber-liberal, and conservatives are beating them at their own game? Hey lib, don’t sit there and try telling me you guys don’t ‘game’ the system either. The real issue is that we’ve watched you game the system for years and have learned. Now that we can strike back with equal or greater force, you throwing a tantrum.


19 posted on 08/11/2010 8:58:32 AM PDT by LoneStarGI (Vegetarian: Old Indian word for "BAD HUNTER.")
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To: Lucky9teen
The result is a peek into the consciousness of the internet: a mixture of comics, videos, sensationalism, and breaking news that is the growing face of new media.

More like the consciousness of a million dorm-room Democrats mired in the quicksand of reactionary groupthink.

Actually, the 'growing face' (an odd metaphor) of new media isn't growing much any more. Like a local bar that had an occasionally interesting mix of clientele but is now strictly the hangout of bikers, college kids, or some other homogeneous collective. Digg.com has dugg (wink wink) into a very deep rut in terms of both content and opinion and the opinion, such as it is, is consistently delivered in the most smug, sarcastic and vindictive manner possible. It is clear from content, grammatical style, and attitudes that the bulk of digg's posters are young men frustrated with their own shortcomings in a variety of areas who have been conditioned to mock and shout down ANYTHING that causes them additional contemplation of their inadequacies. Most appear to be students or recent graduates who seem very angry that the world hasn't discovered and rewarded their brilliance and wit.

Like anything that stays the same, all but hard-core users of the site have moved on to newer, better and usually more interesting things.

This is not to say that I discourage resistance to the overriding digg mentality or that I discourage posts or comments that challenge their crabs-in-a-bucket instincts. I will say that all-out victory in the real world is a much better antidote to the occasional thumbs-up vote in the virtual one.

20 posted on 08/11/2010 9:00:20 AM PDT by relictele (Me lumen vos umbra regit)
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