Buried as Inaccurate

There's a huge problem on digg today that needs to be addressed. Okay, actually, there's a lot of them, but I'll just focus on my current pet peeve for now. Several of the top digg users are under attack from the non-top digg users for being...Well, for being THEM. They insult some of the more popular diggers and actually end up with more diggs than those they stepped on to get there. It's nothing more than envy, and I have the evidence to prove it.

Case and point: An article submitted by #1 digger MrBabyMan was taken and subverted today by a less well-known member to reflect their own personal hatred of MrBabyMan. The sad part is, it worked. They not only managed to hit the front page first, but at the time I type this, the anti-MBM article has 821 diggs and the original has only 284 diggs. This means that now, the digg mafia is more interested in insulting their own than reading interesting articles.

MrBabyMan's article isn't even bad. It's a great picture, with a strong point, and a funny message. It's also anti-government, something that I think all diggers can agree on. The problem is, there are many people who are refusing to digg these articles simply because of the guy who found it.

Now, why are these people refusing to digg for these people? I mean, besides my conjecture of jealousy. Well, there are several arguments I've heard (read) that generally revolve around the same ideas: MrBabyMan stole an article, MrBabyMan gets his articles on (Insert Website Here), MrBabyMan gets his articles on the front page easily and I don't, MrBabyMan raped my wife and killed my pa. They are all either about jealousy or where they came from.

First of all, it shouldn't matter AT ALL where the articles came from. I don't go on Reddit. I only use stumbleupon when I'm bored shitless. Fark is foreign, and I dare not step in 4chan without protective gear. I simply don't have the time (Or the will) to browse the ENTIRE internet looking for some quality articles. So quite often when he submits from these locations, it's new to me as well as several other people. And that's probably why he submits those: He wants to share them with everyone who's not on that particular site, but is on digg. As for stealing, the only times I've seen him 'steal' is when he finds an article that someone else submitted some umpteen days ago, and it never got past 10 diggs. He then resubmits the article so that everyone has a chance to see it when it hits front page. And if anyone can get an article on the front page, he can.

As for the jealousy, just grow the fuck up. I'm all for maintaining the status quo--I hate rich people and authority as much as the next digger. But I know that I'll never get to the top by mudslinging those who are on top. Does Digg's favorite candidate, Obama, campaign by insulting those above him? No, he works his ass off and climbs his way up. If you admire Obama like I do, then be like him and take the high road. Just keep submitting, trying different methods, and build up your friend pool until you can hit that front page. Blaming your failures on someone else is childish, and I have no respect for those who fall to such lowly methods of self-promotion.

Now, I'm going to go submit this and try again. Odds are it won't make front page because it goes against the general opinion, it's self-submitted, and I simply don't have the posse to go up against upper diggers. But I will learn from the failure, and press on. Because that's what adults do.

EDIT: Apparently, now MrBabyMan is thinking about quitting Digg: Here's the relevant twitter post. If you're reading this, MrBabyMan, I don't think you should go. That's all I have to say that hasn't already been said.