Welll if I wanted anything to read, it was easy to find something on Digg today. Users on Digg posted article after article that really only listed the decrypt key (hex number) for HD-DVDs.
After hours of fighting it Keven Rose posted the below post, and Digg went off-line.
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.
Digg on,
Kevin
I’d say that he was between the rock and the hard place. And in this case I’ll say they’ll actually be saved by the fact its spread so much. And the ones in charge of the HD-DVD and Blue-Ray Specs are probably cringing a lot today.
Tags: Digg, Interesting, Movie, Movies, Technology
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