Digg.com is a website that allows people to ‘digg’ a news article if they find it interesting. The more people who ‘digg’ an article, the more prominently featured the article on digg’s homepage. This process allows the best articles to be shown to the masses because they are chosen by the masses. In my opinion this is better than traditional news sources because it is more democratic and less prone to slants.
Admittedly digging is prone to rigging – certain companies or entities unfairly ‘digg’ their own articles so that their articles are placed prominently. Despite that though, in my opinion, I think Digg.com is still better than traditional news sources in terms of democracy because for every slant in one side, there will be a slant in the other side as well.
Digg.com is very popular and is part of our popular culture. Millions of people visit it every month and according to some, it’s worth over 60 million dollars after only being in business for a couple of years. Digg.com is pop culture because its content is pop culture and is chosen by popular demand.
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