Shoutbox

I figured I'd post here to kinda vent / get user opinion on what's going on at digg.com

For those who are unaware of what has gone on in the past 24 hrs, basically, some user posted the volume decryption key for HD DVDs in general, and due to the MPAA contacting digg about it, the user was deleted and so was the article.

Now because of that, people have absolutely gone nuts and digg has basically shit itself and the first 2 pages are filled with this key. It's by far the most immature / ridiculous thing I have witnessed ever since I have started using the  internet.

I must say that it was a little ironic that digg's popularity is based on the fact that it relies on user submitted articles and yet it censors this topic, but I guess being a company, they have to follow certain guidelines in order to avoid legal action...

I guess, I'm just appalled at the level of immaturity that the exists at digg.com...

Read all about it. I think people are just stupid, they should respect that Digg are trying to stay online instead of just messig it up for the mods there. Well, they are allowing the stories now, but they are STILL spamming stories with the code... people can be idiots.

Poor Kevin...

I genuinely feel bad for the guy...

FFS, I had a quick look at Digg and that's ridiculous...

Digg always ends up annoying me whenever I spend more than a few minutes there...

Related rants...
http://gracefulflavor.net/2006/12/07/diggs-signal...pside-down-for-me/
http://gracefulflavor.net/2006/12/09/not-only-is-...s-are-tedious-too/
http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/a...oveling_on_di.html
http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/11/21/im-done-with-digg/
http://www.textually.org/textually/archives/2006/11/014189.htm

I'd just like to say... 09-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63-56-88-c0

It did change Diggs mind. I didn't exactly like the way they did it (the users) but I am sick of people succumbing to these big companies.

Three freeware twos have been killed off, two weren't even to do with removing the copy-protection and all the forums for discussing decrypting has been removed on Digital Digest. I am aware that the guy who owns the forum (lives in Australia btw) gets in all the trouble but someone has to stand up to these companies.

Also, that processing key (see MenthiX's post) has become redundant I think. With the new HD DVDs out they've made a new one.

A majority of the regular visitors to Digg, IMO, are completely biased on whatever comes up. You can see this in the amount of diggs and buries certain comments and stories get.

They acted very immaturely and I was getting ticked. Now, however, the stories have cleared and we're back to the stories I'm used to.

Hey, it's just one big website to stand up to the big corps.

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Originally posted by WDZ

Digg always ends up annoying me whenever I spend more than a few minutes there... (Smilie)

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True, it is full of immature geeks. I can't believe some of the behaviour on there, people should act their age and not result to such childish actions.

The whole Atheistism trend, hate for the RIAA and news from unreliable sources really does annoy me.

I followed all of that from the comfort of slashdot. I don't think the digg users were being immature at all, it's a fight for freedom and it's time the mafiaa fell. The leaking of the processing key should be a message to all the do-gooders out there: DRM doesn't work. It stops legitimate users, but if you've given people the tools to watch the media you've also given them the tools to copy it, obscure or not. It's only the average Joe or Jane that suffers, the crackers don't even flinch.