Internet & Tech: The Death of Digg?

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one oh two nine dee seven
four ee three five bee

dee eight four one five
six see five six three five six
eight eight see zero

Illegal haiku?

From 'virak' in response to Kevin Rose's explanation Digg.

What is the world coming to today?

Here is a picture on flickr of the digg homepage (note someone has bought the code as a .com domain name already) and the username of the flickr user is 'joostinviteplease', Eric maybe you can try that!
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=480718913&size;=l

And it just gets better, check out Mashable's entry into the arena.

And apparently they have just stopped submissions all together.

In this case the users effectively own the company. Remember, Digg is a company (one that's attracted VC funds), not just a website. And they've amassed a user base who believe they are in control, and should be allowed to use the company's product for whatever they wish.

Unfortunately for Digg, their user base is not necessarily a law-abiding one nor one who will face recrimination for using Digg's product in a way that is detrimental to the company. Thus they will be held over a barrel any time they try and stand up for the good of the company, to the (supposed) detriment of the users.

This is a defining moment for user-generated content - whether it's for better or worse time will tell. I wonder if this will affect Digg's relationship with its customers (advertisers).

Digg's on my shit list anyways, so this is kinda cool :)