Comments on: Is a Digg rebellion in the works?

Don Reisinger thinks a Digg rebellion may be in the works. But as he points out, a subset of individuals aren't enough to bring the site down.

[pierreareva]

personally, am fed up with all the Ron Paul updates or the geeky "How to connect your wii to your fridge via a Mac 80s processor" & co. Have found a good new site called 19min.com that brings an edited selection of what's good online, which is where I usually go now. Otherwise, I use reddit, which I find has a more intelligent selection than Digg, and I like Mixx, although there are not enough users.

[cGt2099]

If you want to know why there is such a strong anti-Digg sentiment, why not ask the bundle of users who've recently been banned WITHOUT any given reasons? These are the same people who have tried contacting Digg (one I know of even phone their reception to the response of, "We cannot help you") to find out why - and received NO response whatsoever.

This all started a few months back when I was permanently banned from Digg, and when rumors starting flying about the site being up for sale. It's almost like they are trying to "clean house" or something.

Digg claims to be a democratic system. It is far from it. Bans without reason, secret autoburials, and so on... they are treading on very thin ice and it will be the users that get affected by it.

Mark my words: Digg Revolt II is coming. When the last one happened, it turned Digg into a user base resembling Johnny Knoxville and the Jackass crew. What do you think it will turn into after the next one?

For my money, I'm sticking with Mixx.com. I think 2008 will be Mixx's year.

[johnericanderson]

Er...I'm sorry.

What's a Digg, and why should I care?
Wait, I'm a geek. I guess I should know? Oh well.

[simraca]

Gosh, if we were to predict revolution based on the number of gripers on Digg, then Slashdot would have folded years ago. Every community has its trolls and complainers.