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Tinfoil hat alert: Digg has secret editors!

Started by mathewi · 1 year ago

Must be a slow news day over at Valleywag, where Owen Thomas is trotting out the old “Digg has secret editors” meme again (not only that, but it has the laughable “Exclusive!” tag). According to Owen, a top-secret source — let%2 ... Continue reading »

6 comments

  • MG Siegler

    1 year ago

    Ha Deep Digg. Nice.

    Yeah, as I've quite literally exhausted myself writing about this on numerous sites, the problem isn't with the editors, it's the complete lack of transparency in the process.
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  • mathewi

    1 year ago

    I definitely agree there could be more openness about the process, MG
    -- and the same goes for Wikipedia too, for that matter. It's just
    that all the over-the-top writing about "shadowy" cabals and secret
    handshakes and crap like that really pushes me over the edge
    sometimes.
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  • MG Siegler

    1 year ago

    I'll tell Deep Digg you said so right after I ask him "what's the frequency Kenneth?" :)
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  • hardaway

    1 year ago

    I have a brilliant idea. Don't read Valleywag. It comes thru my Google Reader as Snippets, and I never slow myself down by getting too involved.
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  • carl plesser

    1 year ago

    what a bizarre blog. you sit on your rump and spend your time putting down supposedly lesser scribes . i'm not a huge valleywag fan but i'd have a lot more respect for you if you actually got off your fat behind and did some real reporting. how `bout it, matthew?
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  • mathewi

    1 year ago

    Just one question, Carl: what makes you think my behind is fat?

    A piece of advice: Don't like the blog? Don't read it.
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