The flaw is inherent in the design
The flaw is inherent in the design
Posted Jun 25, 2009 21:58 UTC (Thu) by proski (subscriber, #104)In reply to: The flaw is inherent in the design by jmorris42
Parent article: Digg, Dug, Buried: How Linux news disappears (ComputerWorld)
It's not a democracy if ballot stuffing is allowed or if votes can be bought.
Posted Jun 26, 2009 1:12 UTC (Fri)
by gdt (subscriber, #6284)
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An important aspect of democracy is the election -- where everyone votes roughly simultaneously -- which limits gamesmanship, including that described in the article. Digg is an ongoing popularity poll, not a democracy.
Analogies between Digg and democracy are flawed