digg.com discussion summary

Digg.com is a website where people exchange news. It is often times thought of as a newspaper of the people especially diggers or members of the site. The website typically generates more liberal articles. The lure to use digg for many people is that it is perceived as a democratically styled public forum because members vote on articles to decide which articles are considered important by the majority. When articles generate positive votes or are dugg they are promoted to the front page as opposed to the articles which get buried because they generate negative feedback or don't get positive votes. People can post articles that they find interesting on the site from anywhere else on the web. Although digg is seen as a public forum where users may get there opinions to the public, it could only simulate a democratic public forum if the founders or administrators didn't have so much authority and oversight on the content being posted. On occasion users have complained that there accounts have been disabled or have been blocked from posting after making comments in the user - moderated forums that may be in conflict with the views and opinions of the operators of the site. Many users argue that the founders exercise too much control over the content on the site and that it takes away from the whole principle of the site where people should be able to express there opinions without censorship or oversight. This is a valid argument because with such oversight the website becomes less democratic and more like a selective forum. The operators of the site should allow people to offer there personal opinions without any censorship because this is essentially why people use and appreciate digg. Also, the "bury" option has been criticized for being undemocratic due to its anonymous and unaccountable nature. In order for digg to truly obtain the democratically styled open forum that people desire, the operators and founders must have no authority or oversight over the articles being posted. Additionally, there should not be any attempts to block any posts being added by members or any attempts to disable accounts.