The “Overseers” at Digg (you know, the faithful employees – NOT the Digg commniuty) might have this story buried or removed in a short time as they might not like it. 

Make no mistake - Digg is a huge money-making machine.  No problems here, I’m all for the American Dream and capitalism.  It’s no secret – money making machines become very good at finding ways to make more money.  Anyone with a little knowledge of business understands this.  Most important to Digg is increasing profit, 2nd most important to Digg is maintaining the social community they’ve developed.  However, when a company uses deceit to advance profit – they’ve crossed the line.  Companies like that are no different than Enron, Halliburton and the rest.  The big question – does Digg use deceit?  Consider the following thoughts:
How many times have you submitted a story to Digg – watching it climb rapidly to 20, 30 or more diggs in under an hour – only to see it “magically disappear” from the list of upcoming stores?  According to Digg - those stores didn’t “resonate” well within the “Digg Community” and were buried.  Question, who belongs to the “Digg Community”?  Do Digg employees belong to the Digg Community?  Is it possible the “Digg Overseers” remove stories intentionally – for profit reasons?  Why don’t we see those slow climbing stories suddenly dissapear?  You know, those stories that aren’t fast climbers?
Why would Digg remove stories that would have otherwise been made popular?  I’m not saying they do but one possible reason is this.  Digg is all about traffic and generating revenue from that traffic.  Digg needs big traffic to continue generating revenue from those Google ads you see.  “The Overseers” at Digg know what stories generate the most traffic – Digg needs these types of stories to become popular.  “The Overseers” get to maintain a “good guy” image while insisting the “Digg Community” is responsible for buried stories.  However, Digg doesn’t go into too much detail about just who belongs to the “Digg Community”.

   
Why am I being critical of Digg?  Actually, I’m not really – I believe Digg is a great place to read interesting things.  But it would really bother me if I knew the “Digg Overseers” were removing stories for profit motives – while hiding behind the faithful “Digg Community”. 
E Lawrence Welch
Gun Rights Advocate