Digg, an angry Nation: 09 F9 11 …..
A Digg user has posted a link to a story about the HD-DVD key getting cracked, and included the key in the title and description of the story. Digg staff took down the story, fearing that it would get sued by MPAA, as outlined in this blog post by CEO Jay Adelson. Digg canceled user registrations, etc..This draws a wave of angry users go against Digg. Its front page has been taken over by stories about and related to a hacked HD-DVD key
Finally, Kevin Rose on the company blog gives his response:
But now, after seeing hundreds of stories and reading thousands of comments, you’ve made it clear. You’d rather see Digg go down fighting than bow down to a bigger company. We hear you, and effective immediately we won’t delete stories or comments containing the code and will deal with whatever the consequences might be.
Nerd anarchy? An e-Rebellion? Or just mob justice… which ever way you look at it social news site, Digg is facing the greatest crisis of its young life.
Ryan Block of Engadget is not alone in wondering, “How did such a loyal user base as Digg’s so quickly divert its all-consuming energy to defying — even damaging — the company to which it was so loyal?â€
Source: GigaOM
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