Micahville

Some of you might have had trouble digging my most popular story for this month. Why? The person who submitted, a personal friend was banned by Digg last night.

This is his story by way of a forward email.

The Email

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Digg Support <support@digg.com>
Date: Jul 11, 2007 9:56 PM
Subject: Re: My Account Was Disabled For No Reason
To: Corevette <corevette@gmail.com>

Your account was banned for comment spamming. The story you provided
was reported as spam and subsequently removed by the Digg community.
Your account has also been banned previously for engaging in pay-to-Digg
sites that violate the Digg Terms of Service ( digg.com/tos). We will
unban your account if you agree to (1) comment responsibly and (2) not
create new accounts when you have a previously banned account.

–Digg Support

Corevette wrote:
> My digg account (corevette) seems to have been disabled a couple of
> days ago. So I wanted to submit a story, and created a new accound
> temporarily . I created the story, and after 33 diggs, it was pulled
> off of digg cloud and top 10 (
> http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/RON_PAUL_Visits_Rallys_at_Google_on_July_13th_14th
>
> ). Anyways, I really want my old account back. I don’t know what I
> did wrong. Thanks for your time!

> Corevette >

What I Get

I have surmised that for some reason, other than the one stated by Digg Support, the story was banned - along with my friend’s account - although both are now back up. Maybe there is some hidden agenda.

There have been lots of Digg stories about Ron Paul recently. Maybe Digg is getting a little Jealous. Eh?

It just doesn’t add up that someone like Ron Paul, someone who obviously stands for everything Digg stands for (besides net neutrality) gets marked as Spam - with a capital S.

Harder to believe after reading comments on ABC’s notorious post. My favorite read something like this.

“You see, the Internet is the medium of the people. For the longest time now, America has had to stand idly by and watch the opinions of newspaper, radio and television editors tell them what they think.

From expose to publishing the American ‘opinion-of-the-day’, the voice of the authors were heard above the chatty din of pub talk and dinner table discussion. Politicians paid attention to the media because it was in their face.

Now, the American people have found a new way to express their freedom of speech. It is the Internet that has given [our] voices the volume that [we] need to ensure [we] are heard.

When MSNBC decided to ignore the actual poll results and post their own conclusions, we stood up and yelled ‘Foul!’ loud enough for you to hear us. By backing our opinion, and publishing this article, you have wielded a double-edge sword.

You must decide that you will either add volume to our opinion or shut us off completely.

The real story about the 2008 elections is not which candidate will win, but that the candidate that wins may do so in spite of the best interests of the rich and powerful, and that America will stand up and demand some real change in this country despite the lies and deceit attempted by editors and publishers who have long thought they could control the masses.

There is revolt brewing.

The revolt will not be fought with guns and knives.

No, the revolt will be fought with the weapon that the U.S. military complex itself invented to be able to withstand attack from conventional weaponry.

The revolt will be fought with the Internet. And, the armaments being loaded will be an armament that fought the revolution of 1776 against a tyrannical government.

It will be fought with the voice of public opinion, unedited, and with the driving force of an uncontrollable mob that is the American populace.”

But…

What Do You Think

Am I just blowing this out of proportion? Overreacting? How do you feel about Ron Paul? Feel free to leave comments.

"Digg Hates Ron Paul" was given life on on Wednesday, July 11th, 2007 at 11:11 pm and, I think, categorized Rants.