All hell broke loose at technology news site Digg today. The front page of Digg was full of posts about a key which can be used to decode HD DVD movies. It all started when Digg 'moderators' deleted a few stories on the above mentioned key. News spread like wild fire and there were all sorts of key stories posted to digg in no time. Almost all these key stories received not less than 2000+ diggs. To add fuel to fire, a digg crew member posted a blog entry about "Digg's interest to protect intellectual property rights of its owners". That was enough. There was more mayhem. Incidentally, this post was just an eye wash, as Digg always carried stories on Windows Vista/Photoshop and OSX86 cracks.
After absolute chaos, digg founder Kevin Rose admitted the mistake and assured that such things will not happen in the future.
While this incident sounds very funny and silly, it is a very clear indication that Digg is mostly controlled by teens and kids. Posts like "Ubuntu FTW!", "Apple all the way" are pretty common in the comments section of Digg. While initially I was a fan of Digg, I eventually lost interest because of the fanboyism and switched back to Ars Technica. They only cover tech news that matters with a great insight.
