Digg THIS!!

Yesterday was a really, really bad day for Digg. CNN reports that users litterly revolted against the news aggregate-service, after it removed all commentarty that featured a16-digit code used to bypass anti-piracy features on HD-DVDs.

Digg's founder, Kevin Rose, was qouted last December, attrbuting the sites succes to the users. "It's about allowing users to define the site and police the site themseves."

Well apparently, the Digg community didn't like Mr. Rose going back on his word. After the intial posts featuring the bad code were cut, thousuands and thousands of users posted articles containing the code arguing that they did not want to be censored by Digg.

Rose has since flip-floped again on the issue, with the following post on his blog:
"You've made it clear, you'd rather see Digg go down fighting than bow down to a bigger company. We hear you, and effective immediately we won't delete stories or comments containing the code and will deal with whatever the consequences might be. If we lose, then what the hell, at least we died trying."

This is HUGE, as a big player in the social media industry is realizing that it is the PUBLIC that has the power in two-way conversation. Everyone has a chance to be heard. Listen to and accomidate your audince and reap the benefits. If you try to pull a fast one on them, be sue that you're ready to "deal with whatever the consequences might be." stay tuned for more on this...