All Hail To The FR Diggers!
Posted on 08/11/2010 8:45:37 AM PDT by Lucky9teen
Covert? Hardly.
Right, my news is not “pre-chewed” for me to tell me which news items are “important” or “unimportant”.
You know Leftists, they create a devil to rally against and that usually means attacking innocents for what they actually do themselves. Looks like Digg is using FR to rally Leftist cretins and up their traffic by playing the “victim”.
I like it best when some other website hyperlinks to FR to “expose” what goes on here.
And then you can counter the charges made against this site by MSNBC, Newsweak, etc (whoever sent readers to a specific FR thread).
Anyone can sign up at Free Republic (although depending on their posts they may get banned) and anyone can read it even if not logged in.
Can I go to whatever the new Journolist is called?
Well, the vast right-wing conspiracy (VRWC) has finally been uncovered! And the apparent primary goal of this gargantuan juggernaut? Why, nothing less than the total subversion of “Digg”!
And that makes total sense, when you think about it. Plato was once quoted as saying that “He who controlleth Digg, controlleth the universe”. And all subsequent authorities have completed agreed with him. Subversion of Digg has been tried countless times throughout history, but no on has ever been successful until the VRWC finally achieved the Holy Grail of subversiveness, domination of Digg.
Previous spectacular failures to hijack Digg include the famous aborted Gunpowder Plot of 1605, Opus Dei’s failed plot to prevent the world from learning that Jesus married and had children, and the Knight’s Templar conspiracy to ...
Uh, I could go on and on, but, uh, could someone explain to me what exactly Digg is anyway?
Are we allowed to post a direct link to the article?
http://pubrecord.org/special-to-the-public-record/8121/rigging-of-digg-covert-mob-conservatives/
If I did a no-no, the the Admin can come kill this post. I recall there being some “issues” with digg.
AMEN!
AWESOME!!! If true, truly one of the great moments in FReeper history! Bravo to all involved.
Gee did they spolight DU when they have done this too? Yeah I didn’t think so and BTW Digg we are not rigthwing nuts we are more mainstream but sicne you all are far left we might look that way to you all.
Why quote me? I haven’t logged into Digg in over a year. I tried voting for conservative articles but gave up when they were OVERWHELMINGLY buried by a bunch of ignorant, uninformed liberals who haven’t read Venona Secrets and didn’t know that ... GASP! ... Old Joe McCarthy was right - there really were communist spies entrenched in our government.
To those ignorant, uninformed liberals who are lurking:
Pick up a book once in a while. Read The Venona Secrets or Witness. You’ll find out that the crap you learned in American History doesn’t tell you what you need to know.
Not in a good way. But I had nothing to do with the above-referenced tactics.
If the Digg Patriots actually did pretend to be African American and offended by racist comments or engage in trolling and targeting Digg users, they’re no patriots. They’ve done more harm than good if this story is true.
Digg Patriots respond:
http://bannedontheweb.com/digg-patriots-tell-their-side-of-the-story-on-botw/
I posted the following comment at the original author’s blog:
BuckeyeTexan says:
August 11, 2010 at 3:02 pm You now have my e-mail address and my IP address. Now perform some “intrepid new journalism” and get my comment on this story. We’ll see how honest you are when you decide whether or not to post this comment in its entirety.
I had NOTHING to do with Digg Patriots. Quoting me in your article and thereby linking me to Digg Patriots is absolutely dishonest. Yes, I’m a FReeper and dang proud of it. For a very short period of time in late 2009, I encouraged other FReepers to vote for conservative articles on Digg. But I didn’t encourage trolling or targeting Digg users or lying about their identities or creating multiple accounts to game the Digg algorithms.
I don’t want liberals invading Free Republic, so I don’t promote invading liberal sites. Read my Free Republic home page. I do engage liberals on their turf, but I ALWAYS do so in a polite, respectful manner and my discussions with liberals are about political policy, with one exception. There is a liberal site on which I participate where we make fun of birthers and Orly Taitz. Honest individuals can disagree in a respectful manner. And they can laugh together about batsh*t crazy conspiracy theories.
Here are all of my comments from the FR article where you retrieved my comment about Digg:
- I’ve argued up, down, and around with the libtards over there. I haven’t been suspended or banned, yet. I’m not encouraging people to go bury liberal stories or attack liberal comments. I’m simply encouraging FReepers to help promote conservative content by digging conservative articles. They don’t even have to post a comment at Digg.com unless they want to do so.
- Yes, Digg is completely biased toward liberals. That’s because their members are liberals and they vote for liberal articles. If conservatives join Digg and vote for conservative articles, then those articles will make to the front page and most popular section. It’s possible to influence the content on Digg. Just digging conservative articles will not get anyone banned from Digg. If you start burying articles and comments and engaging in heated discussions, you run the risk of being banned. Getting conservative information in front of the sleepwalking public is a good thing. Don’t give up.
- Exactly. And I’m not encouraging people to call anyone names, engage in heated conversation, or make controversial comments. Just digg the conservative articles. And if you feel like it, post some conservative comments on those articles and talk to other conservatives about their opinions. You don’t have to engage the libtards. You can ignore them. The whole idea is to get real information in front of them so they see something other than what the MSM wants them to see. Don’t think of digging as fighting with liberals. Think of it as slapping the MSM and taking some of the wind out of their sails.
- YES! That’s why it’s a great opportunity for conservatives to influence the debate. You don’t have to read the garbage that the liberals over there are spewing. You don’t have to engage them. But if enough conservatives digg articles, we can effectively influence the quality of the information that they see and read. It’s a significant opportunity to counter the MSM, please don’t discourage others from participating.
- I’m not asking you to deal with obnoxious liberals. You don’t have to read their comments. You don’t have to respond to them. All I’m asking you to do is vote for an article at Digg and then leave. That’s it! Digging conservative articles is the same thing as FReeping a poll. If you would vote for an opinion poll to influence the results, then you should digg conservative articles. It’s the same concept with the same goal.
- I agree with you but it’s like pulling teeth to get FReepers to digg articles. If I can just get us over there to vote, I’ll consider that progress. We do have a few brave FReepers who will go mano e mano with the liberal diggers. FReepers, if you’re up for it, please do review article comments and digg or bury them.
I gave up on Digg shortly after that post. I don’t think I’ve logged into Digg in about a year, maybe more.
Regards,
BuckeyeTexan
Another commented posted at the author’s blog:
BuckeyeTexan says:
August 11, 2010 at 4:29 pm
Now we find out the truth. That Dilberto guy who thought up the plot of sexual harassment against a female WAS NEVER a member of Digg Patriots. He thought up that plot in an attempt to infiltrate their group to set them up.
He sent the idea to a member of Digg Patriots who sent it to the entire group to expose what an awful wretch he was. That’s the only reason that information is in the Digg Patriot e-mail archives. When the Digg Patriots read his plot, they decided that he could not join the group.
Dilberto was not a conservative and was NEVER A MEMBER of Digg Patriots.
HI-larious! I am on their list and I can’t remember the last time I logged in to Digg!!
The Digg Patriots arguably found their origin at FreeRepublic, a bastion of radical right-wing opinion. FreeRepublic members, or “freepers,” are infamous for ganging up on internet polls, using coordinated force of numbers to swamp the poll, “freeping” it to their desired result. And when they find themselves outnumbered, freepers have no trouble simply cheating, changing their IP addresses and using automated scripts to vote thousands of times.
Oh the outrage!! I think they must be projecting their tricks on to freepers - LOL! I wish they would show some of that outrage when Dems are caught cheating at the polls where it really counts!
Sour grapes. Digging articles is what it is there for.
All Hail To The FR Diggers!
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