Top Digg Users Unhappy

Things are getting heated over on Digg.

Some recent changes have basically made the top users feel unwelcome. Their stories, once always on the front page, now find themselves unable to make it.

Some are even going so far as publishing open letters to Digg, hoping that the madness will change:

Obviously 10-20 people leaving isn’t going to sink Digg. However the general attitude that the Digg staff is exhibiting towards their userbase doesn’t exactly encourage me to participate anymore. My username there is elebrio and I got deleted without even a message from the staff. I emailed them and they reinstated me immediately but the general disregard for any users when their community is inherently user-driven bothers me. It seems like we are merely a necessary evil in their eyes.
Finally, great communities have great leaders. It appears that you have been neglecting your duties as the leader most Diggers consider you to be. The fact that you have 400,000+ profile views is indicative of the fact that the community looks up to you. How can you expect people to be good Diggers and among other things, not submit duplicate stories when time and again you have done the same?

Things will never be the same at Digg, and I think this is only the start.

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