When Digg recently changed their algorithm in order to combat the same users putting everything up on their front page, those predominant users made a fuss about it, as they have in the past.
Some of these heavy Digg users recently said: “Repeated and unexplained changes to the Digg algorithm have penalized the ability of top users to get front page stories promoted.”
Those remarks aren't in the best interests of Digg or its potential buyers.
The same group of self-appointed "top diggers" said:
"If Digg is a game then we are ready to play for keeps. What happens if the most powerful users in the community decide to leave? Will others join? Is Digg anything without us? Let’s prove it."
I for one wish they would. They're basically admitting they're gaming the system, and in reality dominate what is put up. Who would want to buy something that a small group of people want to present as the voted news?
If anyone wanted to acquire Digg, it wouldn't be to keep a small group of people that dominate the community happy, it would be to grow it out into a broader market.
As long as Digg keeps on giving in to these people, they'll probably be sitting there on the block waiting to be sold 10 years from now. Will anybody care? I doubt it.
This could be one of the major reasons why so many companies seem to pass on it. There doesn't seem to be much value in it, only a small group of people making the decisions on what goes on the board. It doesn't sound like a community to me, just a glorified club.
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