by Michael Sternberg
“We’re committed to giving every piece of content on the web an equal shot at being the next big thing.” So says the last sentence in the About Us section on digg.com. It would seem, however, that the Daily Paul (www.dailypaul.com) has found its niche - the honor of being excluded from the popular “democratic” website that allows users to submit and vote on the content they like the most. See something you enjoy on the Daily Paul? Want others to see it? Well should you attempt to submit the content to Digg, original or not, you’ll be confronted with the following:
“URL Blocked - This domain has been consistently flagged as an intermediary to the direct source of news and/or video content. Please link directly to the story source.”
And what if the Daily Paul is the original story source? Digg does not seem to be interested.
Now before you scream censorship, let me tell you about some other oddities I've encountered lately: 1) One late evening, with an unbearable craving for stuff-crust pizza, I was informed by Pizza Hut that they were out of dough. 2) On a recent trip to Kinkos, I discovered it was impossible for me to make copies, because they were out of the prepaid smart cards they force you to use. The copy machines were fully functional. 3) En route to a hot date, a visit to the self-serve car wash proved fruitless, because the bill changers (for tokens not quarters) were out of order... all three of them.
So, is it censorship, incompetence, or just false advertising? And how do these companies stay in business anyway? Have they branded themselves so well that they don't actually have to deliver? I don't know, but I'm going to be proactive. It is satisfying to know that as a result of this writing, the folks at Digg (they claim to not have any editors) will probably be on the receiving end of a whole lot of emails from Ron Paul supporters. Now if only I could send the Paulites after Pizza Hut, Kinkos, and the car wash.
Here is a workaround for Daily Paul users to get this article posted on Digg:
Digg Dumps the Daily Paul
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My blog, ron-paul-2008.blogspot.com also got booted from Digg. It happened a few weeks ago. I usually made up my own news for it and didn't just copy and paste other stories. I didn't cry about it though, just made two new blogs. They cut off one head, two grow back in its place.
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