____/ Darth Chaos on Saturday 04 August 2007 03:28 : \____
> On Aug 3, 10:19 pm, Darth Chaos <DarthChaosofR...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Aug 3, 9:18 am, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
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>> > Too Digg for their boots?
>>
>> > ,----[ Quote ]
>> > | What concerns me is that Digg hasn't exactly been as Linux/UNIX friendly
>> > | lately. Oh, sure, they have the section and news gets put in it. But it
>> > | feels like less of it is being promoted to even just the technology page
>> > | lately, let alone the front page. And then, when they do, I've noticed
>> > | quite a few legitimate Linux/UNIX stories getting buried or pulled
>> > | shortly after being promoted.
>> > |
>> > | Furthermore, Digg has had an increased number of very vocal
>> > | pro-Microsoft/anti-FOSS users commenting lately and it has been hard to
>> > | find a FOSS related story that doesn't get flooded with anti-FOSS
>> > | related sentiment. It has been suggested on many many occasions in the
>> > | comments on Digg that Microsoft employs (some of) these people to create
>> > | accounts and post pro-Microsoft/anti-FOSS comments.
>> > |
>> > | [...]
>> > |
>> > | So I ask you, is there any way in the world that this new contract could
>> > | improve the situation? Not at all. Who knows what's in the contract, but
>> > | theoretically there could be something in there about pulling
>> > | anti-Microsoft content in between the parts that cover flooding the site
>> > | with pro Microsoft ads and of course, anti Linux/UNIX ads.
>> > `----
>>
>> >http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/blogs/digg_too_big_for_their_boots
>>
>> > The number of Linux users in the site appears to have declined (which is
>> > probably what Microsoft wanted anyway, but it'll hurt Digg). The users
>> > went elsewhere.
>>
>> > Digg back to the 90s:
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>> >http://img175.imageshack.us.nyud.net:8080/img175/379/diggor7.jpg
>>
>> Dare me to send this to infowars.com :)
>
> I did send it, and I added the article to my MySpace blog. It's titled
> "Digg.com sides with Microsoft, basically yells Free Software Movement
> 'take a hike'"
>
>
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=70506159&blogID=295438361&Mytoken=F678F59E-D235-4D6C-A2FF3FC2EC5B68C611451764
I'm still trying to figure out if it's really the case of UNIX/Linux folks
going elsewhere (to other sites) or going on vacation. Either way, activity
there seems to be low.
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