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Is The Huffington Post Really *That* Cool? [PIC]

i38.tinypic.com — About time we got some diversity... Yes, ***** the top users, but how about the top domains? The top tyrant Diggers are oppressing the little guy and the top tyrant domains, by the same logic, are oppressing the little guys, the indie publishers. Have your say in the comments.

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  • suxmonkey, on 09/15/2008, -36/+212LOL ... three of the four newest things on the FP right now are HuffPo ... I mean srsly guys, srsly?!
    • KatherineC, on 09/15/2008, -25/+9Like anyone has control over the order. If these were 3 hours apart no one would have noticed b/c they are always on the fp. Look at how many FPs 24 hours back from now. Probably a more relevant stat than this.
      Nevertheless I would assume there is nothing in the digg algorithm limiting huffpo from the fp.
      BUT, who cares. Why does anyone care if one site is on the fp. Isn't it about the story? More and more sites are allowing a broad range of voices which will attract a greater audience. Undoubtedly this will put them out there.
      Just my humble 2 cents.
    • zorpscorp, on 09/15/2008, -30/+19How dare the majority of users like things from a specific website!!
      • Rikushix, on 09/15/2008, -10/+16He's got a point. It's one thing to have a system abused by a select group of top submitters, but it's another thing entirely to consider how digg actually runs. That's what it is. People keep digging articles that link to HuffPo. If they didn't do that, we wouldn't see them.

        I think Palin's a bitch, and McCain is awful, and Obama is wonderful and all (though I would vote for Bob Barr), but I couldn't give a crap about every second story being about who said this and who did what about the election anymore. But that's how digg works...what do I do if I don't like it? I digg something else. It's just one digg, yes. But we all have just one digg. Eventually, our interests will change. That is the only constant.
      • ajaxmil, on 09/15/2008, -6/+4dugg for logic.
    • scy1192, on 09/15/2008, -9/+39http://digg.com/search?s=huffingtonpost.com&submit ...

      52 pages of front-paged stories, and 962 pages all together... this is seriously overboard.
      • PrinceMissile, on 09/15/2008, -11/+23Dude, you're gonna HATE YouTube:

        395 pages of front-paged, 17,389 pages all together
      • NCSD, on 09/16/2008, -2/+15Youtube isnt biased as hell
    • homercles337, on 09/15/2008, -21/+9If you dont like the content, then go to the source. You guys bitch about huffpo so ***** much, but you NEVER go to the source and refute the claims.
    • reichg, on 09/15/2008, -8/+44i hate huffington post and every other ***** site like it that integrates their propaganda on digg.

      if you like that ***** ***** sooo much just check it and not digg

      they need to add a feature to digg account settings to block all stories from certain sites
      • drewster4590, on 09/16/2008, -21/+3what they really need to do is add a feature to digg account settings to block all comments from certain people.
      • pattykakes887, on 09/16/2008, -0/+7@ drewster it's called "block user"
      • skinnydipinacid, on 09/16/2008, -1/+3What they really need to do is automatically block dumb people.
      • NCSD, on 09/16/2008, -1/+7What they need to do is block the political articles
      • PleaseJustDie, on 09/16/2008, -0/+1You know, they do *blocks Drewster*
      • reichg, on 09/17/2008, -0/+1ok drewster4590, i will block you ass
    • diggproof, on 09/15/2008, -2/+14This as a sure indicator that the algorithm needs some tuning. Only a few sites make the majority of the FP of Digg.
    • Artology, on 09/15/2008, -9/+1Im too drunk to get it... anyone wanna fill me in???
    • Nitesmoke, on 09/16/2008, -2/+15Just wondering how much Huffspam was submitted by msaleem.....
    • SRSco, on 09/16/2008, -2/+14I turned off all political content after Plamedownsbabygate. I've been much happier with Digg without HuffPo and Kos all over the place.
  • jmpeagle, on 09/15/2008, -25/+340what sucks more is that it's not like HuffPo is ever the original source material for a lot of their stuff submitted. They just link out to other articles. They aren't the ones doing the interviews or any real journalism and yet Digg seems to treat it as such.
    • daballs, on 09/15/2008, -23/+24Hmmmmm... reminds me of digg.
    • zorpscorp, on 09/15/2008, -22/+7what sucks more is that it's not like Digg is ever the original source material for a lot of their stuff submitted. They just link out to other articles. They aren't the ones doing the interviews or any real journalism and yet people seem to treat it as such.

      BREAKING: ALL OF DIGG STORIES ARE ON ONE WEBSITE, PLZ CUT BACK ON DIGG.COM SPAM PLZ
    • kevinmotel, on 09/15/2008, -2/+59I know just what you mean. I submitted a story from the NYTimes and it didn't make the home page. Mine:
      http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/And_Then_There_W ...

      But when someone else submits Huffpo with a link to the story I submitted, it gets over 600 diggs:
      http://digg.com/environment/Obama_Is_The_Only_Rema ...
      • overtoke, on 09/15/2008, -20/+3Not sure where you are going with this...

        It's obvious Huffpo is far more effective than you.
      • AsianChopsticks, on 09/15/2008, -19/+2Is someone crying over stolen internet money?
      • NecroDigg, on 09/16/2008, -0/+23The 2 morons above me: he's saying that a link directly to the story gets ignored, but a link to the huffpo which then links to the story gets 600+ diggs.

        Why is that difficult to understand?
      • drewster4590, on 09/16/2008, -0/+6how many employees does the Huffington Post have? at least 600 right?
      • mustang460, on 09/16/2008, -0/+11your title didnt have obama in it
    • mark076h, on 09/15/2008, -12/+83It's called The Huffington Spam, and whenever i see a Huffington spam story i bury it it as spam, everybody should do the same.
    • Nitesmoke, on 09/15/2008, -13/+74 It's because Huff is ***** crazy liberal, like a huge percentage of Digg users. They don't care how true or fake the stories are, as long as they agree with them. ANY pro-conservative article is doomed on Digg, no matter if its correct or not, while hundreds of made-up stories get Dugg daily as long as they stay left.
      • vault, on 09/15/2008, -2/+49Exactly...I would go further and say they don't even care about the story, they just care if they like the headline and digg it.
      • benologist, on 09/15/2008, -2/+26I would go even further and say they *specifically* write for digg's audience, pandering to their opinions and beliefs all day, every day. Their entire business appears to be agreeing with whatever the popular opinion on digg is.
      • Serinus, on 09/15/2008, -6/+24I sometimes think HuffPo is a right-wing conspiracy to discredit the left.
      • JustinHopewell, on 09/15/2008, -2/+25I'm glad you guys feel this way. I've been getting buried when I leave comments about Digg's rampant use of sensationalist headlines, something that the community only seems to rail on when its coming from the other side. Last time I left a comment about it, some guy looked up my profile, saw I was from Texas, and in a poison-spewing comment, immediately decided I was a crazy conservative Texan wanting to secede from the union.

        While I am a Texan, and my sanity could be in question, I'm not a conservative, nor do I want to secede from the union. I would just rather see a more balanced view of things. I feel like we're being brainwashed.
      • MustacheFace, on 09/15/2008, -3/+18You speak the truth. Also - articles that question Obama = "marked as possibly inaccurate by digg users."
      • undeadwarrior, on 09/15/2008, -2/+22Nitesmoke is 100% correct. I am an avid Democrat, but the ***** that comes out of the Huffingtonpost makes me sick. I wish Obama would try to distance himself from these types of sites (instead of giving speeches to DailyKos), they only make him look bad. I am a liberal, but I can still see that John McCain is a great American. He has made sacrifices for this country that no one at the HuffPo can claim. I just believe Obama would be better at this time. Sarah Palin smacked her own party in the mouth in Alaska and kicked corruption out, she's hardly the halfwit the blogs suggest. We, as a nation, need to send a message to sites like this. I'm tired of them always trying to divide a wedge between us, because when the ***** hits the fan, we're not Dems or Repubs, we're Americans.
    • SethEllis, on 09/15/2008, -3/+14According to the Digg terms of service source hops are against policy. I don't know what they mean by source hops, but I'm willing to bet that these articles that just link to other pages are what it's talking about. When a user submits a story like that administrative action should occur.

      I've also promoted an algorithm change for a long time now that would address this problem. The more a story has hit the front page, the harder it should be to do so in the future. The algorithm needs to feature new content. Right now it's just the same stuff over and over again.

      In the mean time I'm right up there with those that say just bury it!
      • PleaseJustDie, on 09/16/2008, -0/+1A source hop would be linking to a page that automatically redirects you to another page.

        Like if I set up in IIS or Apache a 301 redirect to a page that's already been submitted to get around digg's algorithm. Or if I link to a page with a meta refresh to another page.

        I could put a 5 second meta refresh up on a page filled with ads just to generate ad revenue.
    • thedarkforest, on 09/15/2008, -1/+17They are like the Digg for Digg.
    • beesaretasty, on 09/15/2008, -10/+3They may not ever be the original source for a lot of it, but they are always the original source for a small amount. This, of course, sucks less.
    • MacSuxWindozSux, on 09/15/2008, -12/+6That's what the Press does. That's what the Press has always done.

      The Press share their stories, their photos, and their video with other members of the Associated Press. They operate on a rule that the owner of the material gets to break the story first.

      You all seem to think Huffington Post is doing something wrong by "copying" articles. They aren't.
      If anything you could argue that they should only Digg Submit original content. Yes.
    • NotYourProdigy, on 09/16/2008, -0/+3You know what's funny? The amount of people who agree that Huffpo is on the fp too much directly conflicts with how many people vote it in. I think a majority of Diggers are the flip-floppers that we condemn.
    • CatsAreGods, on 09/16/2008, -0/+3When this is the case, it's blogspam. No more, no less.
    • mrpeanutjar, on 09/16/2008, -1/+2that's funny--digg seems to do the same thing...
  • MichDdot, on 09/15/2008, -44/+22Odd I was stressing them on every news story this weekend. Somehow they get there story in before any other place, if nothing else they are fast. hmmmmm .... fast stuff again, uh oh "watch out cowboy, your publishing to fast, write your own stuff and stop scRaping the wires, its not fun"
    OMG did I type that, damn guess I did. Would edit but .... ummmmm... well that would be to fast...
  • skelliewag, on 09/15/2008, -62/+107Not really the HuffPo's fault for reporting news. Maybe blame the diggers who sit in front of www.huffingtonpost.com hitting refresh every 5 secs until a new story appears so they can submit it without reading it...
    • JAVandiver, on 09/15/2008, -19/+83Inaccurate: Huffington Post does not report news, it is a political tabloid.
    • yevkasem, on 09/16/2008, -10/+4it's a website. a website's goal is to get page views. they're getting them.

      sounds like huffington post 1, us 0.
    • RedPhalanx, on 09/16/2008, -0/+11The poeple to blame are the guys who Digg a story BECAUSE it's from HuffPo.
    • Marking, on 09/16/2008, -1/+1True
  • bigmarketing, on 09/15/2008, -54/+7the cry babies need to get over themselves. pricks!
    • btschul, on 09/16/2008, -3/+9The huffington joke is a blog where crybaby liberals go to cry about republicans.
  • mrbabyleem, on 09/15/2008, -24/+136Diversity pls.
    • darnoux13, on 09/15/2008, -2/+19second that
    • db0255, on 09/15/2008, -2/+66Who......are...........you?
    • insinuate, on 09/15/2008, -3/+4leem? *****? Man have an offspring?
      • Nitesmoke, on 09/16/2008, -0/+12MrBabyMan and msaleem got really drunk about 9 months ago, and suddenly mrbabyleem is among us, hmm....
    • BuryBrigade08, on 09/16/2008, -2/+8On digg, diversity really means: huffington post, daily kos, crooks and liars, and other far left-wing sites. Anything submitted from any news sources attempting to be independent or (god forbid) right-wing immediately gets buried.
      • true2life, on 09/16/2008, -1/+1You made a new account so you could have that nick, or did you really just join on the 8th?
      • SisyphusFragmnt, on 09/16/2008, -0/+1Right-wing crap is just that.. I bury that ***** because it's destroying our country.. You want to ban books? You think dinosaurs were on Earth 4000 years ago? You want to invade any country and put the lives of our soldiers at risk for oil? ***** you.
      • Tbyrd073, on 09/19/2008, -0/+1God forbid digg try to respect the opinions of people who are democrats which is all that hits the front page. Palin conspiracies and McCain is gonna destroy us all stories. Diversity in stories would help. I dont support McCain or Palin but damn. Enough is enough of the same regurgitated crap with a new headline attached to it about Palin and McCain. McCain is a crazy old man but Obama can be just as zealous about winning.
    • true2life, on 09/16/2008, -0/+1I'm guilty of digging them sometimes, because they have the links in a little box. But I rarely digg one of their stories now, becuase it got out of hand. It's easier for people to digg their stories, because they're right in your face at the site, but the articles that they link to should be frontpage instead.

      Digg has always been liberal. Hell, the internet has always been liberal, so it isn't any surprise how they got there. Conservatives watch Fox News and Liberals visit Liberal web sites.

      Even though it's easy, if they're just reporting something from a nytimes article, that article from the nytimes should hit the frontpage.

      I prefer visiting Politico though.
  • bxblox, on 09/15/2008, -18/+208Yes, ***** the top users? You're one of them.
    • chops76, on 09/15/2008, -32/+3This.
    • RunawayElf, on 09/16/2008, -0/+30You'll note that he dug two of the hufpo articles. And yet he wonders why they got FP. What the *****.
    • JARSInc, on 09/16/2008, -1/+7Reading comprehension.
      He said that he understands that everyone hates the top users, but that you should watch domains too.
  • optimusprime01, on 09/15/2008, -53/+62digg should be renamed to huffdigg.com., seriously no offense,

    Everyone knows Huffington Post articles are good, but they aren't that good that, they should cover up the entire digg homepage.

    Screw top diggers, every body is a top digger ( no need for distinction), it about time there should be diversity of what goes on FP as well.

    IHMO, there should be a restriction from a top domain how many stories hit the FP, let's say if it's more than 3 or 4 per day, than they are trying to milk digg for traffic.
    • shutaro, on 09/15/2008, -19/+3Digg should be renamed to yourmom.com.
      • fmyidotcom, on 09/15/2008, -0/+9Congratulations, you've been accepted into the 4th grade!
    • davidg11, on 09/15/2008, -2/+31Everyone knows Huff post is good?

      I LAUGH at that assertion.
    • MacSuxWindozSux, on 09/15/2008, -5/+6You are an idiot I hate you., seriously no offense.
    • apextek, on 09/15/2008, -0/+6a lot of these articles would get more people behind them if every article wasn't always coming from huff post as well
  • OfNumbers, on 09/15/2008, -7/+40My say is have a nice hard look at how Huffingtonpost plugs Digg. Scroll down to the bottom of any of their title pages and there's a box with about eight up coming Huffingtonpost Digg stories. Arianna has a lot of TV time on MSM as well so you can be damn sure it benefits Diggs' admins by inundating them with new users who investigate huffingtonpost.com.
  • EmitStop, on 09/15/2008, -5/+107I love the fact that msaleem just said, "***** the top users". :D

    Also, yeah, I am a bit tired of Huffington post.
    But what I really hate is when people submit political stories to non-political categories, which I sometimes see with Huffpo subs. I have politics turned off for a reason, guys.
    • Idiggapony, on 09/16/2008, -1/+2I agree completely. Lying about a story's category in order to ram it down more people's throats is aggressive and abusive.

  • bixby1, on 09/15/2008, -7/+30The Internet is one big echo chamber. We choose to get our echoes from Huffington Post more than we should. I like the call to mix things up. Dugg for diversity and the '***** myself' humor.
  • seltaeb4, on 09/15/2008, -48/+10Here's the reason there are so many Huffington Post stories here on digg, as opposed to those from right-wing sources . . .

    Huffington Post fans know how to read.
  • dtele, on 09/15/2008, -10/+78The 'Digg algorithm' has obviously failed to make a level playing ground

    In the meantime, a lot of potential new diggers have given up and left the building
    • OfNumbers, on 09/15/2008, -16/+8I'm sure that has absolutely nothing to do with your 3,170 posts.
      • xptoast, on 09/15/2008, -3/+6Doesn't look like it since your getting buried and he has many diggs on the comment.
    • lyzz, on 09/15/2008, -1/+4The algorithm follows the trends of its users. On digg, that means that more liberal sites get promoted.
  • MTessa, on 09/15/2008, -25/+23Stop self analyzing. If you like a story digg it. Do you care if it comes from the same place?? Seriously I'm not defending one source over another but isn't the story selection a reflection of the community? Digg has millions of users. We will NOT all agree.
    • davidg11, on 09/15/2008, -5/+11I do. Huff post is liberal nonsense.

      It's pretty bad when I actually look forward to the occasional NY Times editorial.
      • PoppedCulture, on 09/16/2008, -3/+2Ever tried just not reading those stories? Wow, problem solved!
  • Four20, on 09/15/2008, -7/+20No wonder they paid so much for it
  • Overmind12812, on 09/15/2008, -12/+24I've noticed Diggers' obsession with the HuPo, I believe this is due to the publications excellent use of obvious digg button placement and a special section for "popular on digg" HuPo articles.
    • JAVandiver, on 09/15/2008, -7/+26It could also be that the Huffington Post employs people to digg up its articles.
      • djkonservo, on 09/15/2008, -4/+19I was going to say that the HuffPo "implores" people to digg up articles, but "employs" makes more sense.
      • Diggnabbit, on 09/16/2008, -2/+2It could be, but what makes you actually think that besides the fact that they're so popular on Digg?
      • true2life, on 09/16/2008, -1/+1Nope. They're just there and so easy to click and they have thousands of people visiting the site daily.
  • petsheep, on 09/15/2008, -8/+16Not cool just a lazy way to get articles
  • mydigga, on 09/15/2008, -7/+35We only have a few more months of Huffington... just get us through this election and they will fall back off to obscurity.
    • JAVandiver, on 09/15/2008, -10/+23How do you see that? After Barrack Obama fails to be elected because most of the country does not share his liberal socialistic bent, the fanatical left will again begin screaming about how they were cheated. The Huffington Post is specifically designed to be that soapbox.
    • Idiggapony, on 09/16/2008, -0/+8Yeah, either way we're hosed. If Obama wins, we'll get at least a year of HuffPo crap about how a new day has dawned for humanity, people all over the world are holding hands together and singing, and all crime and disease has suddenly disappeared from the Earth. If McCain wins, we'll get at least a year of HuffPo crap about how McCain illegally stole the election by going around and beating up all the Obama voters with lead pipes until they were unconscious and couldn't vote.

      I'm afraid there is simply no stemming the tide of HuffPo *****.

  • BrettFromTibet, on 09/15/2008, -19/+82HuffPo sucks... not that interesting.
    • Evilblobs, on 09/15/2008, -4/+12Huffpo sucks because its like the 'liberal' fox news of the internet.
  • shutaro, on 09/15/2008, -9/+7Me no like bizarro Digg!
  • indyGuy, on 09/15/2008, -7/+13If you don't like a source, search for the new stories from said source and BURY THEM. Don't wait til they hit the front page.
    • Idiggapony, on 09/16/2008, -1/+1That would work. But who's got time for that? Plus, then you end up giving HuffPo a bunch of hits, which I suppose is one of the reasons why they so egregiously spam digg all of the time.
  • seraph582, on 09/15/2008, -15/+66HuffPo's content is considerably retarded. It's like the Fox News of liberal news outlets. Good god is it awful!
    • JAVandiver, on 09/15/2008, -6/+35The Huffington Post is worse than Fox News. It does not collect any news of its own, just takes others information and add more than a dash of liberal spin. Sites like Huffington Post, Think Progress, Media Matters, Raw Story and their ilk are the reason that the internet news community is viewed with so little journalistic credibility.
    • InRussetShadows, on 09/16/2008, -0/+8I agree. Huffpo doesn't do news any favors, even liberal slash-and-burn news. They are regurgitators. That's it.
    • NotYourProdigy, on 09/16/2008, -7/+2Ha ha ha. All you dick heads bitching about this probably gave 70 diggs on Huffpo stories sometime in the last month
    • flossdaily, on 09/16/2008, -7/+2yeah, the huffpo is just like fox news- except that the huffpo reports facts with a liberal commentary, which they happily admit too, whereas fox news reports lies, with a right-wing bias, which they deny.
      • Mothrog, on 09/16/2008, -0/+6You're dumber than a sack of ***** if you think the Puffington Post is a factual source of news.
      • otayyo, on 09/16/2008, -3/+1And you sir are an ass.
      • Idiggapony, on 09/16/2008, -1/+4I'd say the Washington Post is the liberal equivalent of Fox News. HuffPo is more like the liberal equivalent of Rush Limbaugh.
  • apastafarian, on 09/15/2008, -11/+9I ignore the Huff! too much...Too Much...TOO MUCH....
  • castevens, on 09/15/2008, -8/+17Cool enough for you to digg 2 of the 3 of them . . . just sayin' . . .
  • Sluglas, on 09/15/2008, -14/+62I just bury all HuffPo's submissions. Everyday I bury as many as I can find.
    • Mike668, on 09/15/2008, -1/+18Don't just bury them. Bury as spam. If they get enough spam buries they'll be banned from Digg.
      • S1lkySm00th, on 09/16/2008, -1/+8It's my new passion. I've gone from a Digg user to a HuffPo-Spam-Buryer.
    • ltethe, on 09/16/2008, -1/+4If only I had your dedication.
    • angryfirelord, on 09/16/2008, -1/+2From the faq: (to clarify)

      There is a user spamming Digg, either with stories or comments, where can I report him?

      Please report any/all abuse to abuse@digg.com. Be sure to include the Digg URL of the spammer's profile, the Digg URL of his or her story, or the Digg URL of his or her comment. Also make sure to email us from the email address associated with your Digg account.
  • BoonTobias, on 09/15/2008, -12/+4***** this, if msaleem spams for huffpost all day long, then what's wrong with this perfectly legitimate link for everyone to checkout?
    http://lulcat.com/2008/09/14/javelin-throw-fail/
  • rpfinley, on 09/15/2008, -4/+62Dugg for the irony that msaleem submitted it
    • fxu1989, on 09/16/2008, -0/+1And wonders why there are so many HuffPo articles, when he ***** dugg two of them.

      mmmmmk
  • ancientshoes, on 09/15/2008, -10/+5790% of stories are huffpo, rawstory, dailykos or thinkprogress....fact
    • apextek, on 09/15/2008, -0/+3perhaps after the election it will all change
    • inboxnews, on 09/16/2008, -2/+7...and Barack Obama approves 100% of the time.
    • dreid1987, on 09/16/2008, -0/+7This is why we block the "Election 08" category.
    • Idiggapony, on 09/16/2008, -2/+10I blocked the Election 2008 category a long time ago. But then the huffpo/rawstory/dailykos/thinkprogress spammers started spewing their ***** into the "political news" and "political opinion" categories. So I started blocking those too. And now the ***** dump their spam in lots of other categories like "educational" and "business and finance", just so they can continue to completely ruin this site for me no matter what I do.

      My new rule: for every ***** Obamaspam article that hits the front page in a non-political category, I donate an additional $10 to McCain. And just to be fair, for every ***** McCain spam article that hits the front page in a non-political category, I donate $10 to Obama. I have yet to write a check to Obama, but I'm prepared to do so, for fairness' sake.
  • kinseyincanada, on 09/15/2008, -11/+26I miss non-biased journalism that showed us the facts, and brought us both sides of the story, now its all ***** like Fox news who just shows th ***** right side, and crap like Daily Ks, and Huff Po that showing the mind-numbing left bias.
    • JustinHopewell, on 09/15/2008, -3/+6I agree with you, man.
    • InRussetShadows, on 09/16/2008, -2/+3You are really ignorant if you think that non-biased news ever existed. Why do you think that such papers exist called "The Tallahassee Democrat"? I mean, they didn't start publishing yesterday, you know. The past fifty years were just a lack of diversity of news -- not an evidence of man becoming free of bias. Look at the number of daily newspapers in years past for major cities. There used to be tons of them, and each one with its own bias and viewpoint.
  • swrostmore, on 09/15/2008, -11/+33Huffington post has a giant reader base, and puts a "digg this" button on all of their stories. Mystery solved.
    • Idiggapony, on 09/16/2008, -1/+2There are other sites that also have giant reader bases, and put "digg this" buttons on all their stories. The difference is that the readers of other sites apparently don't feel the need to automatically digg every story the second it comes out, no matter what it says.
  • mark076h, on 09/15/2008, -16/+41The Huffington Spam
  • zeed0, on 09/15/2008, -16/+11This reminded me just now to go and check HuffPo.
  • readacook, on 09/15/2008, -7/+13Unless HuffPo articles have a lack of diversity in terms of who diggs them, then your problem seems to be with the basic structure of Digg, no? Should it take more diggs for a HuffPo article to reach the front page than another story just because the site is popular with Digg users?

    I'm new here though, so I'll go this way ~~~~>
    • RedPhalanx, on 09/16/2008, -2/+4The problem is "blind digging", i.e poeple who will Digg a story BECAUSE it's from HuffPo, DailyKos, etc...

      Unfortunately, you're right, there is no perfect solution.
  • Rikushix, on 09/15/2008, -5/+56MSaleem: "***** the top users."

    A quote to go down in history.
  • ryan83189, on 09/15/2008, -6/+23You dugg 2/3 of them, blame people like yourself.
    • fmyidotcom, on 09/15/2008, -2/+43/4?
      • NecroDigg, on 09/16/2008, -0/+8no, 2/3. You see, there were 3 of them in total, and he dugg 2, so that makes it 2/3.
  • scy1192, on 09/15/2008, -8/+15Digg == HuffPo
  • Reinon, on 09/15/2008, -19/+4get your computer illiterate ass off the INTERNET bitch
  • mathew_bug, on 09/15/2008, -8/+4I see what you did there...
  • Lhandroval, on 09/15/2008, -12/+7Yeah, we all know how the Huffington Post gets it's news articles auto front paged. Buried for old news.
  • SuperVepr308, on 09/15/2008, -14/+29I remember when the site launched with a resounding thud a few years back. Huffington couldn't beg anyone to go to that site and was on the news constantly shilling for it. Apparently, she found a small audience in the tin-foil hat wearing "progressive" crowd and the inevitable world of digg. Kind of like the internet version of Air America, I suppose.
    • InRussetShadows, on 09/16/2008, -2/+6Spot on.
    • haydukeqc, on 09/16/2008, -1/+5except air america went bankrupt, huffpo should follow suit
  • jedisushi, on 09/15/2008, -4/+26I'm assuming this screenshot is from MSaleem's own Digg account, in which case he/she dugg 3 of the 4 stores in the picture!

    Hmm...
  • fmyidotcom, on 09/15/2008, -8/+15Their stuff is so leftist and sensationalized... I guess that may be why so many diggers like it, but is everyone really getting all their "facts" from here? Most of the stuff is based in truth, but obviously biased.
    • juicycutlets, on 09/15/2008, -0/+3sensationalized? it's alarming news. that's all.
  • xaerius, on 09/15/2008, -5/+7I'm sure the Huffington Post obsession will reduce significantly after the political season.
  • Crabmen, on 09/15/2008, -7/+5All they have to do is pay one of the services that guarantee a front page and it's all good!
  • InspectorGadget, on 09/15/2008, -14/+34***** Arianna Huffington and her partisan *****. I don't care what she and her editorial slant think. I want actual news and not more of this sensationalized *****. Start linking to the original sources and stop lining that crone's pockets.
  • ElBeh, on 09/15/2008, -5/+5"About time we got some diversity... Yes, ***** the top users, but how about the top domains? The top tyrant Diggers are oppressing the little guy and the top tyrant domains, by the same logic, are oppressing the little guys, the indie publishers. Have your say in the comments."

    Guys, this is coming from msaleem. Ahahahahaha.
    • rezist, on 09/16/2008, -1/+1The top users have been here sine the beginning. The problem is the newer users, the site is not what it once was, a place for interesting new information with a tech flavor and intriguing conversations and discussions. Digg has been reduced to the lowest common denominator.
  • NinjaBull, on 09/15/2008, -12/+28***** THE HUFFPO
  • scoottie, on 09/15/2008, -9/+11only more reason to block huffingspam.com articles on digg
  • rollerboy, on 09/15/2008, -4/+3It's not even a "little" cool to ask the question; is it "that" cool?
  • FearLess77, on 09/15/2008, -9/+38its the fox news for liberals.
    • jp2535, on 09/16/2008, -6/+2Its more like the CNN for liberals
    • gtluke, on 09/16/2008, -4/+1um no
      its the shawn hannity of liberals
    • InRussetShadows, on 09/16/2008, -7/+2CNN is so far to the left already that the comparison is silly. I mean, remember CNN running U.S troop snuff videos? And that's just the first thing that comes to mind. Now "the internet version of CSPAN for liberals" I could go for.
      • ivand67, on 09/16/2008, -0/+4OMG. Video of our troops getting killed?! HOW DARE THEY SHOW WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON IN IRAQ? Oh the horror! Damn liberals!
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