Take Digg back!

I used to be one of those guys who just read the stories on Digg as they hit the front page and never noticed who submitted them. Then I started paying more attention to the Upcoming section and noticed a disturbing trend. When I went back to the front page, that trend was confirmed. I finally noticed what others have known for a long time: Digg has been overrun by a handful of elite users who have gamed the system in order to get their stories to the front page. To make matters worse, they deliberately post duplicate stories knowing that their story will get more Diggs thanks to their large circle of sycophantic friends who blindly Digg them up.

Well, I say, "No more!" We, the general populace of Digg, the common proletariat, must take back what has been corrupted. If those users can game the system to their advantage, we can band together to game it back to the advantage of the average Digg user who strives in vain to get a story to the front page.

Join me in my quest to ungame Digg. We need to do this diligently and systematically. We need a team of people who will visit the Upcoming section of Digg and bury (as a duplicate) any story by the following major offenders:

* MrBabyMan
* MakiMaki
* SirPopper
* KevinFederline
* Optimusprime01
* msaleem
* Burento
* MediaSight
* upick
* Diggboss

That's a start, but there are more to come. If you know of any other major abusers, then let us know so we can start burying them, as well. Let's do this, people! I know there are a lot of us who are quite tired of their crap.

In addition to burying those stories as duplicates, start digging up other people who haven't had as much of a chance to get stories to the front page. Let's get a little more variety on Digg. Take it back from these asshats who think it's their own personal playground and, in some cases, money machine.

So, who's with me?