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Digg.com Suffers Under Regime Change
WebProNews Feed — ... have proposed an algorithmic penalty system such as the one in use at Flickr that seems to devalue group submissions and add value to unconnected simultaneity. Still others, over 1,100 of them, have signed an iPetition about the situation. For all that is good and likeable about Digg.com this idea of democratized, collective-wisdom controlled news discovery process it has never lived up to the ideals behind its inception. From the outset one mob or another has ruled the roost. (Ah, there s your fundamental human truth, right?) The current mob will likely be replaced with ...

The Digg Civil War
Gadgetell — ... dugg the story.  I, myself, have had several front page stories years ago. I am sure that Digg will change one way or another.  They have always been very responsive and do what they can to remain an excellent source of information.  After they fix this psuedo-oligarchical problem, something else is bound to come up.  Read [Digg] Read [Kevin Rose’s response] Read [“No Digg Day” graphic] Read [Digg petition] Full Story » | Written by Iyaz Akhtar for ...