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Social networking site Digg has faced a mutiny by its users over the posting of an allegedly illegal HD DVD decryption code that was leaked onto the net.
Digg apparently received a cease and desist order
from the stewards of HD DVD, which is a sponsor of the popular
Diggnation Podcast. In response, the Digg team removed the post, which
was like a red flag to a bull for the Digg posting community.
Hardline Digg posters rose as one and started posting the offending Hex
codes in a mutitude of posts causing the Digg front page to eventually
be completely dominated with postings containing the HD DVD cracking
code.
Digg, which now has more than one million members, found itself caught
between a rock and a hard place. By not acquiescing to the demands of
its sponsor, it faces possible legal consequences. On the other hand,
without the support of its core users, who are incensed at the thought
of being unfairly censored, the social networking site faced a steady
slide into oblivion.
Apparently after some soul searching, Digg decided to side with its
users. Digg founder Kevin Rose posted a conciliatory response to the
user community on Digg the Blog with the 32-bit Hex code in the heading:
"Today was an insane day. And as the founder of Digg, I just wanted to post my thoughts…
"In building and shaping the site I’ve always tried to stay as hands on
as possible. We’ve always given site moderation (digging/burying) power
to the community. Occasionally we step in to remove stories that
violate our terms of use (eg. linking to pornography, illegal
downloads, racial hate sites, etc.). So today was a difficult day for
us. We had to decide whether to remove stories containing a single code
based on a cease and desist declaration. We had to make a call, and in
our desire to avoid a scenario where Digg would be interrupted or shut
down, we decided to comply and remove the stories with the code.
"But now, after seeing hundreds of stories and reading thousands of
comments, you’ve made it clear. You’d rather see Digg go down fighting
than bow down to a bigger company. We hear you, and effective
immediately we won’t delete stories or comments containing the code and
will deal with whatever the consequences might be.
"If we lose, then what the hell, at least we died trying."
As this article goes to publish the Digg site has been down for a number of hours for maintenance.
David Bass
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