The Politics Of 2.0 - Democracy rulz on the Internet.

Andy Catsimanes · **The Politics Of 2.0 - Democracy rulz on the Internet. -** 05-02-2007, 03:46 PM

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Digg.com user revolt: 'The community won'

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Users battle site, decrying 'censorship'; Digg executives bow to pressure

Interesting read.

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The revolt marks a test case for social networking sites that accept user-generated content, said Dianne Lynch, dean of the communications school at Ithaca College. Lynch, who also writes regularly about Web 2.0 issues such as alternate worlds, noted that she couldn't access Digg last night because of the high traffic.

"The situation tests the validity and integrity of a social communities," she said. "The social community won."

Although Digg "saved itself" from by returning control to the community, refusing to do so could have had "serious" implications for the site, she said.

Rest of article here.

Eric_Graham

Great article. Thanks for sharing that.

Moral of the story...

When your business model is based on giving the masses a voice... Don't piss them off or they will use that "voice" against you!

Eric

Eric Engel

The sad part is that the voice will probably end up losing here.

Domain Name Guy

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A simple 'We are sorry, we don't want to get sued' would look at lot better," the user wrote on the Digg site.

That could've possibly solved their problem. Not all users would agree, but at
least they might understand since different and even competing interests are
involved.

Are those users prepared to donate to Digg's legal fund if they get sued?