I cancelled my Digg account months ago. I have better things to do with my time than read about other people bitching about stuff.

I’ve also got better things to bitch about, but seeing as though it’s ‘Digg week’.

These days I use Digg as a handy resource for finding cool stuff on the net. I essentially use it as a headline aggregator for content that I wouldn’t find under my own steam.

It may be a little dangerous to leave the content I end up reading in the hands of people who rarely seem capable of thinking about something before making their mind up, but I’m bang in the center of the demographic, so in that sense it suits me just fine.

You know what would be a cool idea? If Digg paid a select few users to feed quality content into the system. They could call them editors.

Oh wait… My bad…

I think Digg is a great idea, but it’s fundementally flawed; Its biggest flaw is that users can bury stories.

If you don’t like a product that’s being advertised on a commercial, then don’t buy it. Those that might want to try that product are welcome to, but you won’t have anything to do with it.

If you don’t want to vote for a particular candidate in whatever democratic elections your country may hold, then don’t vote for them. Other people may want to, but hopefully the better party will win. That’s the very idea behind democracy isn’t it?

If you don’t like a story on Digg, don’t fucking digg it. There’s no need for a ‘bury’function. By allowing that you swipe the carpet under the very feet of the entire premise. It opens the doors for corruption and bias. I find myself thinking more of an olligarchy than a democracy.

It seems that Digg thinks a little too much about demography, and not nearly enough about democracy. If they had have thought of the latter then they would have realised that Digg is not a democratic system at all.

I’ve never voted in the UK general election, but I’m pretty certain that there isn’t a box on that form that, when ticked, will count against the opposition…

“I’m very sorry Mr. Cameron, but you’re no longer elligible to run for office in this election.”

“What? What are you talking about? All those meetings… The hands I shook… Whu, What?”

“Well sir, we’re still waiting on the exit polls, but it appears you were voted down…”

What the fuck?

Aaron: Apologies for the rant, but I feel I have a terribly valid point that I don’t think anyone has hit upon yet.

I also apologise for the swears, but I guess it’s not too bad… You’re all grown up and that, so I guess you can take it ;)