Banned from Digg for being Conservative?
It certainly appears that way. And Digg isn’t going out of its way to prove it isn’t the case. Last night my Digg account vanished for no reason at all. The message I got when I tried to login said that my account no longer existed due to “misuse”.
That’s odd, how would I have misused my account in the last week when I haven’t even USED the account in at least a week. And even when I was using it, I was only voting on OTHER stories for the most part. I hadn’t even Dugg one of my own stories in a month, so I couldn’t imagine what was going on.
I immediately contacted Digg asking what had happened. I used a very simple message that was polite and straight to the point.
Digg.com Staff,
Today I went to login to my account only to find that my user account is completely gone. What happened to it and why?
Please advise.
User Name: ericodom
-Eric
Before I shock you with the response, let’s have a re-cap of some of the posts I’ve made in the past about Digg.
Is this proof that Digg.com is biased?
Others Stories and posts:
Why is Digg being censored?
Fascists, Stalkers, and Moonbats, oh my!
Digg say hello to “fair and balanced”
It’s very clear that Digg is either actively working to diminish the influence found in stories that do not align with the beliefs of the left, or at least they allow Liberal user groups to game the system with the same agenda.
Was Digg biased against me in giving me the ban? It sure looks like it.
About 80% of the stories I Digg are what some would consider Conservative. I hide nothing in the way I vote and because of it my stories have never gotten any ground. Most of the time they will get a bunch of votes real quick, and then disappear into oblivion. Obviously, there is a group of users that serve no purpose other than to shoot content they disagree with politically right out of the sky.
Could it be that I was banned for being a Conservative? Not according to Digg. According to Digg I was banned for, brace yourself, ADULT CONTENT!
Adult content? Are you kidding me?
Your account was banned for violating Digg Terms Of Use by submitting
adult content.For more info: http://digg.com/tos
-The Digg Watch Team.
Ok, perhaps I *accidentally* submitted a page that had a banner ad or something on it that could have been deemed adult. I then replied to Digg to show me the story that was in question, as I couldn’t access the account to look for myself.
Then comes this response.
Sorry about that. It was an error on our side. Sorry for the
inconvenience caused.-The Digg Watch Team.
The account is now back online.
Come on Digg, you should be above this kind of game. There is no point in playing it. Either you’re fair, or you’re not.
Which is it?
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