INTRODUCTION
Hello there, fellow Digger. Recently, we've seen a huge amount of Ron Paul spam hitting the front page. This is not cool.
Digg staff do not seem to be doing anything about this, and I suspect it's just because enough people aren't making noise. So here it is:
Why?Our members and I (
AntiPaul/Bury Brigade) exist to get rid of all of the Ron Paul spam that plagues
Digg.com on a daily basis. I am not affiliated to any political party or agenda, I just do not want to see any more Ron Paul bullshit on
Digg.com. And I'm sure you don't either. There is a very fine, but distinguished line between 'news' and 'spam', and the Ron Paul supporters are clearly using
Digg to push an agenda.
SuccessLet me start by saying, recently our little experimental group on
Digg has been pretty successful. We were able to get rid of many of the "upcoming" Ron Paul stories by spreading the word to other
Digg members sick of seeing the spam. With relatively few numbers, we had a pretty good success rate which did not go unnoticed by the Paul supporters. (Thank you so much for
everyone's help!)
Let me get to the point:
BURYING RON PAUL SPAM IN THE UPCOMING STORIES IS EVERYONES RESPONSIBILITY IF YOU ARE TIRED OF SEEING IT. Why let these people rape
Digg and your eyes? They are abusing the algorithm on
Digg to raise money and spread an agenda. This is not what
Digg was made for. It's for news.
WHAT CAN DIGG DO TO STOP THIS?It's pretty simple. Political posts should all be placed under the respective politician's area on
Digg. These posts should NOT be subject to public view unless the digger has indicated an interest in said politician.
It's not a
failproof fix, but it's a start in the right direction to getting us on the road back to the thing everyone originally started on
Digg for - TECH NEWS.
ARENT YOU ABUSING DIGG'S TOS BY DOING THIS?
No. I am not using multiple accounts to bury these stories, I am simply helping to organize other people with like interests.. very much like Ron Paul supporters. They 'shout' their stories for each other to review and
Digg; We 'shout' certain stories for each other to review and decide if we like or don't like the story. Nothing in the
Digg TOS says we can't be critical of a certain topic. That would be
fascism.
Do I need to be in the AP/BB Network to help out?No. Simply click on 'UPCOMING STORIES' then sort by 'Most Popular'. If you see a story that looks like Spam, BURY IT. It's that easy. All the networks do is help focus attention on particular upcoming stories.
Add us to your friends to get the shouts for Ron Paul Spam and help us out!http://www.digg.com/users/antipaulhttp://www.digg.com/users/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXList of stories we kept from raping your eyes this weekend:http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Ron_Paul_Campaign_Breaks_Fundraising_Recordshttp://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Tea_Party_07_Over_4_Million_for_Ron_Paulahttp://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Poor_Students_Sacrificing_Christmas_cash_for_Ron_Paulhttp://www.digg.com/2008_us_elections/New_York_Times_Ron_Paul_Reinventing_the_Revolution_2
http://digg.com/politics/Finally_Action_Ron_Paul_Introduces_Bill_to_Defend_Constithttp://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Glenn_Beck_Finally_Gets_Ron_Paul_on_his_Show http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Ron_Paul_Blimp_LAUNCHES_2http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Ron_Paul_I_haz_a_Blimp_2http://www.digg.com/2008_us_elections/Ron_Paul_Blimp_Launch_Dec_14_2007http://www.digg.com/2008_us_elections/Ron_Paul_Blimp_Blog_Launch_Photoshttp://digg.com/politics/Ron_Paul_20_million_quarter_possiblehttp://www.digg.com/2008_us_elections/Tea_party_benefits_Paul_CNN_NewsBitching by the Ronbots:"Bring on the ANTI-Paul
spammers - Credit to them... they have also worked hard today for their causes... their causes...
ummm - I guess they support degradation and character assassination... Anyway, here they come."
"It's the "
burry brigade" at work. These "people" have nothing better to do with their time than
burry Ron Paul stories all day. Funny how they have no time for sleep, work, eating, or sex...."
"You're an idiot."
Please feel free to add more to the comments, we like seeing it all.