Well...Vendome is the only one who actually had the guts to go through with it.
(There was just something about that tutu that he couldn't resist.)
Posted on 08/26/2010 1:41:13 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
AlterNet is claiming that it has uncovered a "widespread campaign of censorship" executed by a group of "influential" conservative and right-wing Digg members.
The site - which defines itself as a viable "alternative to the commercial media onslaught" - refers to Digg as both a "behemoth" and a "powerhouse."
"The [Digg] model [makes] it very susceptible to external gaming whereby users from certain groups attempt to push their viewpoint or articles to the front page to give them traction," claimed senior news editor "Oleoleolson."
"But the inverse of this effect is more devastating, as Bury brigades could effectively remove stories from the upcoming sections by collectively burying them."
According to Oleoleolson, a nefarious conservative group known as the "Digg Patriots" is so "organized and influential" that it is capable of burying over 90% of articles within 1-3 hours.
"This group is the heart of a complicated web on various networks, including Twitter, Propeller, StumbleUpon, YouTube and Facebook, all dedicated to ramming an extreme right wing viewpoint down the throats of those communities and censoring opposing viewpoints," he alleged.
"This includes such means as cyber stalking, bullying and terror. There is also a heavy contingent active on the ultraconservative FreeRepublic."
Oleoleolson - who described the Digg Patriots as "Teabagging wingnuts" - also accused the group of "loving to hate."
"They hate Obama. They hate progressives. They hate the UN, diplomacy, and peace/disarmament efforts. They hate reforms of health care, Wall St., and immigration. They hate science, in fact many are creationists.
"They hate the secular nature of our nation. They hate environmental protection, unions and any attempt to level the playing field to give all Americans economic opportunities. They hate abortion rights. They hate public schools and really hate higher education."
Unsurprisingly, Digg reacted cautiously to AlterNet's rather hysterical charges, saying only that it had begun an investigation of the allegations.
"[We are] focused on launching digg v4, but we're looking into this," Digg spokesperson Kevin Rose confirmed in a Twitter post.
When pressed for additional details, a Digg PR rep told TG Daily "that's all we are saying for now."
“I’ve been rejected because of my time zone.”
That’s what *they* want you to think.
:-P
I’ve just been calling them douche bags but yours is good, too.
It's all the same though.
I suspect it’s a vast clique-wing conspiracy.
[dunno for sure because I’ve never completed initiation....that deal with the Gnu and the tutu is just plain weird]
Have you been rejected from the clique as well?
Although, your gender might give you a break. My rejection appears to be due more to the females. ;-)
*cough cough* boy’s club *cough cough*
Well...Vendome is the only one who actually had the guts to go through with it.
(There was just something about that tutu that he couldn't resist.)
No, but they "drive friendly."
Do Texans follow up their meals with Apple Pie Alamo?
*cough cough* treehouse *cough cough*
Not necessarily.
If the Pablo people...
I like that. The Pablo people. Have Pablo's people call my people and let's do lunch.
*cough cough* effete phrases *cough cough*
“ambiance”?!?
ROFL
LOLOL!
That is SO cute!
“I miss Jimmie.”
Aim lower.
No, seriously...Pablo’s an enigma even to us.
Yeah, but this *was* funny:
“Buckhead: Font’s wrong.
Rather: I die now.”
Kinda like Shakespeare in 30 seconds.
There are Texans, and there are honorary Texans. Things are not always what they seem.
The rest of FR will just be whatever.
As the boss of whatever the rest of FR will be, will you please keep us updated on that. We like FR.
However, attempting to start a contribution duel is really, really tacky. JSYK
“clic que”.
clic que, too.
I had intended to add a wink to post #119 as an indication that it was a sarcastic remark, but in my haste I didn't.
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