Five hours ago, I posted, onto Digg, a link to a great article that I found, called "10 Things You Didn't Know About Mahmoud Ahmadenijad." I thought people would really enjoy this list of facts about the famous Iranian President. Even if people will not like it, I thought to myself, I figured it's at least interesting enough to be worthy of a comment and, perhaps, a dialog.
Never in my dreams could I imagine that someone would actually bury the post.
This leads me to the "bury" issue.
It's Unbearable.How is it possible that a person would take so much time, so much effort, to spread a great piece of interesting, relevant news... and that with a simple left mouse click of another, it's gone.
After 47 Diggs, my article disappeared from being the top in both the Political News category and also the World and Business category. This was 5 hours after I had first placed it onto Digg.
You can imagine the heartbreak I felt when learning of this bury.
Is the "Bury" Feature On Digg Too Easy?
I would like to suggest that Digg should make it harder for any random, jealous, maliciously-intended person to click a button and make a beautiful piece of content disappear into thin air. I have a few ideas that might work more efficiently:
- Be Fair. There should be a percentage used based upon the amount of Diggs in comparison to the amount of buries. In other words, ONE LOUSY BURY SHOULD NOT BE ENOUGH TO ERASE THE ARTICLE FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC VIEW.
- Be Democratic. A voting system is in order! Say, the Diggers need to be able to vote on a post. If one doesn't like it, let them express such feelings! But, if people do like it, they need their say as well! It is not nice that a popular article/photo/video is removed by ONE MEASLY PERSON, when so many others LOVE IT.
- Show Us! Not for our revenge, of course. But it would be nice to know who buried it and why. Or maybe, make it required to explain WHY they buried it. Required!
- An Afterlife? If you see that people, many people, are still DIGGING it after it has been buried, bring it back to life!
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the people who did vote positively for this article. You are appreciated much for your sincerity. I will see you soon back in Digg!
- RoyShecheter
4 comments:
The Digg community can be a rough one sometimes. I enjoyed your article either way.
FWD>>
I think that it should take more than one person to bury a story or article.
I hear ya. I've written about the Bury Brigagde for Wired before. But I've given up on the topic for now -- for the most part I don't think community wants to have the conversation.
I agree with you on this. I posted something which really didn't "need" to be buried and was left feeling like a spammer - when actually I was just trying to be dry.
I think it's a case of "if the face don't fit, you're not coming in" more and more on digg these days.
Occasional posters are hugely sidelined in favour of people who wilfully play the system.
Stories shouldn't have to be deleted unless they violate someone's privacy or are indecent - which opens up the whole issue of 'does digg need an editor now it's grown so large?'
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