I’ve been a member at Digg.com since 2006. I remember the first few months of being active at Digg provided for exciting times and I was thrilled to be a part of it all.

But that excitement quickly faded when I started noticing big changes in the algorithm that were, in my opinion, harming the quality of the site.

First came the bury brigade. Through the massive change in the algorithm, Digg apparently gave a lot more value to a “bury”. What this did was allow for Digg “clans” to play a significant role in controlling homepage content. It wasn’t necessarily that they could easily promote stories; Rather, they could easily keep stories from being promoted.

It was during those days that I felt the site lost its “user generated content” appeal and instead became a site ran by self appointed moderators who operated based on political agendas and favoritism for specific companies or brands. Continue Reading