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0 Comments 06 August 2010Jessica Clark

  • "One 'bury brigade' in particular is a conservative group that has become so organized and influential that they are able to bury over 90% of the articles by certain users and websites submitted within 1-3 hours, regardless of subject material. Literally thousands of stories have already been artificially removed from Digg due to this group. When a story is buried, it is removed from the upcoming section (where it is usually at for ~24 hours) and cannot reach the front page, so by doing this, this one group is removing the ability of the community as a whole to judge the merits or interest of these stories on their own (in essence: censoring content). This group is known as the Digg 'Patriots.' "
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Jessica Clark - who has written 510 posts on Beyond the Echo Chamber.

Jessica Clark is the co-author of this site and the related book, Beyond the Echo Chamber: Reshaping Politics Through Networked Progressive Media. She is the research director at the American University's Center for Social Media, and a regular writer and commentator on media, culture and politics.

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