{"id":571,"date":"2009-04-10T21:32:52","date_gmt":"2009-04-11T02:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.juixe.com\/techknow\/index.php\/2009\/04\/10\/the-diggbar-uprising\/"},"modified":"2009-04-10T21:32:52","modified_gmt":"2009-04-11T02:32:52","slug":"the-diggbar-uprising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/juixe.com\/techknow\/index.php\/2009\/04\/10\/the-diggbar-uprising\/","title":{"rendered":"The DiggBar Uprising"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back in May 2007, Digg users revolted against the popular social bookmarking web service over Digg&#8217;s overzealous removal of articles that mentioned the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/AACS_encryption_key_controversy\">AACS key<\/a>.  The <b>first Digg Rebellion<\/b> was resolved with Digg caving in their users&#8217; wisdom of crowds.  The <b>Second Digg Intifada<\/b> began when Digg launched their now <b>infamous DiggBar<\/b>, aka DoucheBar.  The DiggBar iframe carjacks your content.  Since the launch of the DiggBar, all the links on Digg&#8217;s front page that used to refer to third party and often independent content producers not refers back to Digg.  When you link on a Digg link, they load your content in an iframe below their DiggBar.  The DiggBar allows &#8216;digg users&#8217; to find similar articles, vote up and down, and click on Digg ads.<\/p>\n<p>We have seen similar polemic behavior from you upstart entrepreneurs before, not to long ago <a href=\"http:\/\/www.juixe.com\/techknow\/index.php\/2009\/02\/18\/facebook-fail-terms-of-service\/\">Facebook<\/a> faced a similar uprising over their <b>Terms of Service<\/b>.  Facebook reversed their Terms of Service, I wonder how Digg will save face if not their good will.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some choice reactions to the DiggBar.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.3dogmedia.com\/truth-about-diggs-diggbar\/\">The Inconvenient Truth About Digg\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s DiggBar<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=DiggBar\">19\/20 Tweets and 9\/10 dentists hate DiggBar<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/daringfireball.net\/2009\/04\/how_to_block_the_diggbar\">How to Block the DiggBar<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.joshuatopolsky.com\/2009\/04\/10\/why-engadget-is-blocking-the-diggbar\/\">Why Engadget is blocking the DiggBar<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/farukat.es\/journal\/2009\/04\/225-javascript-diggbar-killer-not-blocker\">JavaScript DiggBar killer (but not blocker)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/github.com\/sandofsky\/acts_against_douchebar\/tree\/master\">acts_against_douchebar Rails Plugin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/github.com\/philnelson\/diggbarred\/tree\/master\">diggbarred WordPress Plugin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Framekiller\">Framekiller<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.winextra.com\/index.php\/2009\/04\/10\/keep-your-diggbar-off-of-my-blog\/\">Keep your DiggBar off of my blog<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techcrunch.com\/2009\/04\/02\/diggbar-keeps-all-digg-homepage-traffic-on-digg\/\">DiggBar Keeps All Digg Homepage Traffic On Digg<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wolf-howl.com\/socialmedia\/abuse-diggbar-fun-profit\/\">How to Abuse the New DiggBar for Fun and Profit<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/userscripts.org\/scripts\/show\/45795\">DiggBar Killer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webmonkey.com\/blog\/The_Diggbar_Is_Evil__Here_s_How_to_Stop_it\">The Diggbar Is Evil, Here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s How to Stop it<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/drupal.org\/project\/diggbar_blocker\">Drupal DiggBar Blocker<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/teddziuba.com\/2009\/04\/diggbar-is-a-howl-of-desperati.html\">DiggBar is a Howl of Desperation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tomuse.com\/break-digg-diggbar-publishers-responsible-spambar\/\">If You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re Not Blocking The DiggBar, You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re Part Of The Problem<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in May 2007, Digg users revolted against the popular social bookmarking web service over Digg&#8217;s overzealous removal of articles that mentioned the AACS key. The first Digg Rebellion was resolved with Digg caving in their users&#8217; wisdom of crowds. The Second Digg Intifada began when Digg launched their now infamous DiggBar, aka DoucheBar. 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