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Digg.com Attempts To Suppress HD-DVD Revolt

Posted by kdawson on from the toothpaste-back-in-the-tube dept.

fieryprophet writes "An astonishing number of stories related to HD-DVD encryption keys have gone missing in action from digg.com, in many cases along with the account of the diggers who submitted them. Diggers are in open revolt against the moderators and are retaliating in clever and inventive ways. At one point, the entire front page comprised only stories that in one way or another were related to the hex number. Digg users quickly pointed to the HD DVD sponsorship of Diggnation, the Digg podcast show. Search digg for HD-DVD song lyrics, coffee mugs, shirts, and more for a small taste of the rebellion." Search Google for a broader picture; at this writing, about 283,000 pages contain the number with hyphens, and just under 10,000 without hyphens. There's a song. Several domain names including variations of the number have been reserved. Update: 05/02 05:44 GMT by J : New blog post from Kevin Rose of Digg to its users: "We hear you."

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  1. Fun, but too bad it's just for pir...backing up by Zemrec · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    movies.

    Now, this is all fun and all, and "sticking it to the man", but for fuck's sake, it's just HD-DVD cracking. And who's going to do that? Honestly? Just pirates mostly. Now, if this suppressed message and internet revolt were based around something big, like, say some secret about Bush and Cheney and the Iraqistan war, and if it were they who were trying to suppress it, that... would be.... awesome. And sort of Woodstockish. And a revolution.

    But this is kind of lame. I for one don't give a flying fuck about HD DVD or Blu-Ray. DVDs are just fine for me.

  2. Re:I'd like to say... by PsychicX · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Wow, you're a fucking retard.

  3. Re:I'd like to say... by Malc · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    My mother works in a clinic for the mentally ill. Tell her that's she's spreading government disinformation when she mentions how she's seen a massive increase in the number of referrals for people who smoke cannabis. What is it with pot smokers that seem to turn them blind to the negative effects of their drug of choice, and how its effects are changing as the ratios of the active ingredients has changed over the years? I hope you don't have a psychotic episode or develop schizophrenia, as an increasing number of pot smokers do. Your choice.