digg

I discovered "digg" http://www.digg.com/ in an article on the best Web 2.0 software. It is a members only, user moderated, social news site (anyone can join) in which members can post anything they find of interest from the web (news, videos, images etc). Each post is rated by digg's members, with the most popular ones (the most dugg stories!) getting a spot on the front page, and possibly a top ten rank. There are no editors on digg, members rank the information posted and are able to bury information if it is objectionable or simply spam. Users can comment on articles as well as bury comments. Digg also offers RSS feeds for the site or parts of it, and search terms of the users choice. Categories include world news, science, technology, sports, gaming, lifestyle, entertainment, and offbeat (comedy, odd stuff, people, pets and animals). Information overload is becoming a problem, and digg seems to offer one solution in that current news events can be found in one place. One concern with digg--can a group of users conspire to bury a news worthy story?