Next Monday (12) at 8pm Digg is holding a webcast and already the suggestions are coming in...
http://digg.com/tech_news/Call_for_Topics_Digg_Townhall_this_Monday
One of the biggest complaints that Diggers seem to have is that mob rule is taking over their beloved Digg. Is it that hard core diggers cannot stand the concept of a democratic free-for-all when it comes to deciding which stories appear on which pages or are they right to complain that activists are taking over?
Diggers are grumbling that environmentalists are going on the site in droves trying to push their own agendas, voting for stories so they deliberately gain prominence. And there are also complaints about all the US presidential hopeful stories on there.
You can imagine teams of PR people out there trying to push their clients stories up the Digg ladder.So what can be done to stop it? It seems like some diggers want to have special enclaves where they can go and digg with trusted diggers...The risk is that without any proper moderation or editorial control, good social media sites can be hijacked by fanatics, activists, maniacs, you know what I am talking about. A free-for-all can soon degenerate without any clear rules. So some social media networks are going to have to get tougher with their moderation otherwise it will spoil the party for everyone else.
