Slashdot regular Bennett Haselton writes in with an essay on a subject we’ve dealt with internally at Slashdot for years: user abuses of social news… this time at Digg. He starts “Alternet uncovers evidence of a ‘bury brigade’ coordinating efforts to ‘bury’ left-leaning stories on Digg. Digg had previously announced that the ‘bury’ button will be removed from the next version of their site, to prevent these types of abuses, but that won’t fix the real underlying issue — you can show mathematically that artificially promoting stories is just as harmful in the long run. Here’s a simple fix that would address the real problem.”

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Buried By The Brigade At Digg