Great post, not surprising in view of my experience 2 weeks ago.

I was also one of the commenters on Digg at the time of ‘growth’ of Ajay’s article “Why the Digg Mafia will cost Kevin Rose Millions”. That got buried in about 30 hits although still kept on attracting votes – currently sitting at 330 – even as buried. Automatic, systematic burying of individual comments (all were in agreement of the article) was rampant. On every comment, and in seconds. I posted a subsequent article (True Loyalty & Death of Digg). Technically, it is still there somewhere in the annals of Digg – has not been buried as far as I can see. However, that is as good as dead – no one can see it without clicking the URL. Digg banned me almost soon after it started gaining ground, which it was doing fast.

In a way, I am glad it’s happened – helps me get distance from Digg. Thanks for giving me a platform to air my experience.

Great post, not surprising in view of my experience 2 weeks ago.

I was also one of the commenters on Digg at the time of ‘growth’ of Ajay’s article “Why the Digg Mafia will cost Kevin Rose Millions”. That got buried in about 30 hits although still kept on attracting votes – currently sitting at 330 – even as buried. Automatic, systematic burying of individual comments (all were in agreement of the article) was rampant. On every comment, and in seconds. I posted a subsequent article (True Loyalty & Death of Digg). Technically, it is still there somewhere in the annals of Digg – has not been buried as far as I can see. However, that is as good as dead – no one can see it without clicking the URL. Digg banned me almost soon after it started gaining ground, which it was doing fast.

In a way, I am glad it’s happened – helps me get distance from Digg. Thanks for giving me a platform to air my experience.

I submitted the story to digg, and it was buried within 5 mins!!!

I decided to keep an eye on the submission as soon as I got the alert and it was indeed buried in 5 mins. The only way a post could get buried that fast is if the digg admin team did it.

I can’t see how digg can continue being so heavy-handed in their approach. Together with the Digg Bury Brigade they will eventually drive lots of users away

I submitted the story to digg, and it was buried within 5 mins!!!

I decided to keep an eye on the submission as soon as I got the alert and it was indeed buried in 5 mins. The only way a post could get buried that fast is if the digg admin team did it.

I can’t see how digg can continue being so heavy-handed in their approach. Together with the Digg Bury Brigade they will eventually drive lots of users away

And, have you realized that all this negative popularity is bringing in its pageviews and money as well?

Based on those traffic charts you posted and the number of diggs homepage articles seem to be getting these days which seems to be falling, I’m not so sure about that Ajay.

And, have you realized that all this negative popularity is bringing in its pageviews and money as well?

Based on those traffic charts you posted and the number of diggs homepage articles seem to be getting these days which seems to be falling, I’m not so sure about that Ajay.

And, have you realized that all this negative popularity is bringing in its pageviews and money as well?

And, have you realized that all this negative popularity is bringing in its pageviews and money as well?

They are not doing enough to stop it, this is clear.

They are not doing enough to stop it, this is clear.

Maybe it is not monetarily or technically feasible, or maybe it is just something else…

Maybe it is not monetarily or technically feasible, or maybe it is just something else…