Well, this is a brand new kind of investigative reporting, but this is an important example. It's not because this is a fair news report; it isn't. It openly and obviously takes the side of the Digg administrators against these outed "Patriots," without considering the other side. It's important because it reveals the serious vulnerability of crowd-controlled sources of information. Screen names are outed, tactics are exposed, and a whole new kind of censorship is revealed. This article is written with a palpable left-wing slant, but it's clearly an investigative report, not an opinion piece. I had to classify it as news, but I gave it low marks for fairness. Aside from the partisan tone, this is a newsworthy exposé of a ... More »

Well, a detailed report on Digg watching (and bashing) by special interest groups. I find the report well-researched, showing context, in-depth, and enterprising.

Eighter some fantastic great sleuth-work, or the creativity of a conspiracy theorist. While I totally trust his opinion, I wonder what inside information he’s holding onto; Reading into the material provided, gives instances, but leaves that certainty of trust and conspiracy begging.

This presents 2 (?) years of investigation into a conspiracy by right wingers to game the Digg system. It begs the question of how prevalent such activity is, by ideologues of whatever stripe, commenting on news sites, etc.

Yes, it expanded my knowledge of what happened to Digg and the reason(s) it was important. It a way it's kind of funny: The right-wing conservatives must be very scared their messages aren't getting out nearly enough so they have to rely on scamming/lying/manipulating ....like the "facts" they share .... in order to get heard. This was a mind-numbing exploration of the facts. Wow!

Conservative(sic) radical operations to subvert what gives the appearance of objectively rated news is a story that talks to the possible destruction of Newstrust and trust in any such a news site.

Sounds like the right wing nut jobs are learning how to use traditional leftist pincko tricks. It sucks its messy but it works.

No, this is just Digg people informing and uncovering some groups using Digg.com as a window for their campaigns.