Comments on: The Diggocracy Strikes Again

By: 09-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63-56-88-c0

09-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63-56-88-c0 — Thu, 03 May 2007 07:55:03 +0000

[...] The Diggocracy Strikes Again [...]

By: rick gregory

rick gregory — Wed, 02 May 2007 23:15:53 +0000

@davogt… and you’re an IP lawyer? It’s a unique decryption code, not a random number.

@Stephen – this isn’t a censorship issue. People confuse this all the time, but the fact is that you have the right to say whatever you want, but you do NOT have a right to have others promote what you are saying.

Like most of the “I want it to be free so it must be” crowd, these people want whatever they want but aren’t willing to take the consequences.

By: Jordan McCollum

Jordan McCollum — Wed, 02 May 2007 21:00:31 +0000

I can’t copyright my Social Security number, either, but it’s illegal for someone else to use it.

By: davogt

davogt — Wed, 02 May 2007 20:56:42 +0000

The “code” you refer to in the article is a NUMBER, written in hexadecimal form.

You cannot copyright a number, and you certainly cannot “steal” a number.

By: The Proper Care And Feeding Of Fools, Internet Edition at Literal Barrage

The Proper Care And Feeding Of Fools, Internet Edition at Literal Barrage — Wed, 02 May 2007 20:08:48 +0000

[...] UPDATE 3: Ars Technica warns the MPAA/AACS-LA coalition that the cat’s out of the bag, the horse is out of the barn, Pandora’s Box is open, etc. Jordan McCollum expresses incredulity at the “Diggocracy’s” brazen wig-out and Graywolf manages to slip in a really fancy word that means “mob rule” while declaring May 1, 2007 as “the Day the Digging Died”. Bonus points for the alliteration. [...]

By: BigSlick

BigSlick — Wed, 02 May 2007 15:25:11 +0000

Digg users were not only upset over references to the number being removed, but also to articles relating to Digg censoring that got people up in arms. The MPAA has created the most effective viral campaign ever. http://onlinesaleschannels.wordpress.com/2007/05/02/digg-cease-and-des ist-a-number-and-the-best-viral-marketing-everall-by-the-mpaa/

By: Stephen Ward

Stephen Ward — Wed, 02 May 2007 14:18:58 +0000

I doubt it’s so much about the content itself as the thought of censorship. When it comes to news, especially social news sites like Digg, people absolutely hate censorship of any kind. I’d almost describe it as more freedom of the press than freedom of speech. Users want full disclosure without filters and anything to the contrary, even as legal protection for a site they love, is anathema to them. Just my take on the issue.

By: Andy Beal

Andy Beal — Wed, 02 May 2007 12:55:14 +0000

I believe the number posted on digg removes the copy protection from HD DVD making them available to copy.

By: Melvin

Melvin — Wed, 02 May 2007 08:53:00 +0000

Can someone please explain what the actual significance of that code is?

The story is very interesting, but bears little meaning without an understanding of the significance behind it!

By: Digg Founder Choose The Right But Delicate Path » SELaplana

Digg Founder Choose The Right But Delicate Path » SELaplana — Wed, 02 May 2007 08:09:48 +0000

[...] And what happened next? After that was the real revolution… (stories here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here) [...]

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 02 May 2007 05:20:23 +0000

Digg’s actually auto-deleting a lot of the stories that have that stupid number or HD-DVD in the title. I was messing around with submitting stories about the fiasco linking to my blog (yes, I’m guilty of trying to take advantage of the mob rule and noticed that several of my stories completely disappeared. While I think that it sucks that the digg homepage is being flooded with shit stories, I think trying to censor further is just going to keep adding fuel to the fire.
Nick
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By: SEOrefugee

SEOrefugee — Wed, 02 May 2007 04:44:05 +0000

The issue of censorship/moderation isn’t going anywhere. In “Web 2.0″ we’ve not dealt with the issue and there’s been no precedence set to follow. I do not envy Kevin Rose right now but I also think he set the stage for this revolt in the way he has handled things like this in the past.