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Here’s a novel thought (well, maybe not, BUT):

Digg is NOT Jay and Kevin. They are merely the people who came up with the idea. Digg is NOT the service itself, it is merely the vehicle in which we choose to ride.

Digg is the users, you and I, because without us, there would be no Digg.

Now, while it’s all fair and good to change things when they need changing, or tweak what needs tweaking, the majority of people were perfectly happy with Digg the way it was. I gave up trying to understand the thinking that went into the recent algorithm changes. It’s been a while now, and the only trend that the new algorithm has led to is less shouts, less diggs, and less submissions going popular. I notice the times between friends logging in has substantially increased, and my guess is that overall, Digg traffic is down.

What this has unfortunately left the majority with (not the top users or new users, but all of us stuck in the middle), is a near impossibility of having any of our submissions go popular, whether they are worthy of it or not. Why? Well, one reason is that everyone who IS trying has little time to do anything other than try and get enough diggs to go popular. Another reason is because a lot of people have just plain stopped using Digg, period.

However, our voices can be heard, and heard big, by doing one simple thing that is completely legal and violates no TOS agreement. No, I’m not talking a boycott here, especially considering the dismissive attitude that the threat of a boycott by the top diggers recently recieved. What I’m talking about embodies the essence of Digg, which is: Digging stuff.

Digg everything, and I mean EVERYTHING. Make every story popular. If only a thousand people dedicate themselves to digging everything on upcoming, we’ll all actually spend less time shouting, searching, digging people’s shouts, etc. Can you imagine if it were 2000, 3000, 10,000? Do you think maybe the uppity-ups at Digg might finally be spurred to actually LISTEN to its users? I do…

By making everything popular, WE set the rules, and truly make it a democracy, because it will then be up to the the rest of the Digg population to either digg up or bury a story, which is, at least to me, the way it SHOULD be. You might not agree with me on that point, but i think we all agree that things were made a little too tight, and SOMETHING needs to happen to spur a loosening of the algorithm ASAP.

So, if I don’t answer your shouts, it’s because I’m busy digging everything in upcoming. Hope to see you there!