Digg censoring Ron Paul stories
As Ron Paul’s campaign met and exceeded their goal of 500,000 dollars in seven days overreaching at over 1 million dollars, also outpacing John Edwards, Digg’s algorithm appears to be suppressing any news stories with the keywords ‘Ron’ and ‘Paul’. In the meantime the most popular story is about Paris Hilton on David Letterman with fewer diggs. Is Digg protecting itself from abuse, or is there a hidden agenda?
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Comment by Steve65 | October 26th, 2007
I didn’t have any problem finding stories on Dr Paul using DIGG.
Comment by Rebel | November 5th, 2007
Why cannot this story be voted on anymore? there seems to be a lot of people complaining about Ron Paul stories vanishing on digg!
http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/DIGG_CENSORED_MOST_POPULAR_R0N_P_UL_STORY
Comment by verta | November 5th, 2007
People can NOT keep brushing the social security issue aside – it is downright ignorant. You will have thousands of homeless disabled and elderly if you ‘do away’ with it. Do you all think you will be young and strong forever? Are you honestly that short sighted? (I’m only 31 years old and NOT on govt assistance btw.)
People with family and friends who are in dire need of their disability need to speak up LOUDLY and OFTEN on the Ron Paul websites! You should be very afraid, this old man hasn’t a clue about disabled people, despite being a doctor! There are only so many positions for wal-mart door greeter for disabled people, those genuinely in need of SS/disability can’t do much else. And it COULD be any of us, anytime. Please take a step back and think about this even if it doesn’t impact you immediately.
PEOPLE WHO ARE UNABLE TO WORK WILL NOT HAVE ANY MONEY. What then? He is opposed to state-assisted suicide… which would be the only way to avoid becoming homeless, for MANY of these people. No matter how young you are now, one day you, too WILL be elderly and in need of a social security program to take care of you. Pensions are weaker than ever before, and non-existant in many places today that they used to be commonplace. Please THINK.
Comment by Chris | December 29th, 2007
Ron Paul has no intention of doing away with Social Security. It will be better funded under Paul by decreasing the insane spending on an out of control foreign policy. People will have a choice to participate or not. Choices in a country that is supposed to be for freedom and individual liberty is a good thing.
Comment by Brewskie | December 29th, 2007
I know from first hand knowledge that digg manipulate what goes to the front page.
I also know that if you call them out on it they will ban you…as what happened to me.
Comment by Brewskie | December 29th, 2007
Already, with only 19 diggs, and 15 minutes, the digg.com article of this post is already tagged as “inaccurate”.
What does that say, other than a moderator manipulating what is going on?
Comment by Brewskie | December 29th, 2007
Oh yea…watch how fast this post gets deleted from the digg.com server.
Comment by Brewskie | December 29th, 2007
This post was buried within 7 minutes!
http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/How_to_Bury_the_Bury_Brigade
There really is no doubt that the moderators manipulate digg.com for their own agenda.