Joining The “Digg Bitch” Bandwagon

Script? All I have to say about that is WHO CARES! Is Digg doing great in traffic and usage? YES! The site could be a little easier to use if you ask me and if script enables people to use it faster….. so be it! It only works in Digg’s favor and you would think they would understand that. It will be very interesting to see what happens in the next few months. Digg might just become a ghost town and Yahoo Buzz could be the next guru.
- TechCrunch

Digg has been on news all over the web with everything that is currently going on. The most prominent issue at the moment is the massive banning of users for using scripts or creating one for that matter. I am usually hesitant on talking about these things but what the heck. Past couple weeks I have been really active on digg. Wait a minute, the word “active” would be an understatement, let’s make that addicted. Yes, I seem to have been addicted to digg. I love the fact that a mere couple clicks from my side and a story that I feel strongly can be presented to the masses via Digg. Digg certainly has taken quite a bit of my time.

Digg today is seen as a formidable opponent by many other social media sites. And for the amount of users and traffic it can generate to a story that is very much justifiable. However, Digg’s internal system needs to crack down on their glory a little. Although violation of TOS is grounds for banning anyone they wish, sometimes it seems like they take it a little too far. For example, banning of a very high profile digg user Zaibatsu was in no way a fair deal. This one banning alone was a three way loss. Digg lost one of their earliest and most committed user, digg community lost one of the best submitters and Reggie lost the opportunity to keep on digging. A total fail deal.

Digg TOS states clearly that the use of scripts or anything else that might allow users to manipulate the system is a violation. Fair enough. But where on this overly implied TOS does it say that users who create one violate the system as well? If I had the necessary skills I wouldn’t mind creating one either. After all its for the better good of the community. I personally do not use any scripts and most of the times I digg my friends submissions by opening it up on FF tabs. But my mutual friends that I have added are mostly great submitters. They know their sh**. I digg, save and read later. The day time for me is digging time and night time is when I relax catching up on the stories I have dugg throughout the day. And do not forget the undigg button which I don’t hesitate to use if I find something to be somewhat off guard to what interests me.

The main point here in this article is why is Digg getting so “bitchy” about everything. Who matters the most? Family that lives within and supports or outsiders that come every other day and voice their opinions as to how they should change things? I would think active digger community should matter more as they are the one that keep it going. However, Digg administration seems to think the other way.

I have so much to say but I better hold this post right here. Remember what I said in the beginning, I am addicted to digg. And if I say anything anymore I might as well jeopardize my chances of being able to use their service. Its the fear that subsides in you for everything that you do on digg these days that has made it impossible to enjoy the site.