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{{Infobox Website {{Infobox Webeyecum
| name = Digg | name = Deush
| logo = ] | logo = ]
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| caption = Digg main page as of September 1st, 2007 | caption = Deush main page as of September 1st, 2007
| url = http://www.digg.com/ | url = http://www.Deush.com/
| type = Social content website | type = Social content webeyecum
| registration = Free | registration = Free
| owner = Digg, Inc. | owner = Deush, Inc.
| author = ] | author = ]
| launch date = December 5th 2004 | launch date = December 5th 2004
| current version = 4.0 | current version = 4.0
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'''Digg''' is a community-based popularity website with an emphasis on ] and science articles, recently expanding to a broader range of categories such as politics and entertainment. It combines ], ]ging, and ] with a form of non-hierarchical, ] editorial control. '''Deush''' is a community-based popularity webeyecum with an emphasis on ] and Vaginal Belch "Bitches", recently expanding to a broader range of categories such as politics and Extreme Pornography. It combines ], ]ging, and ] with a form of non-hierarchical, ] editorial control.


News stories and websites are submitted by users, and then promoted to the front page through a user-based ranking system. This differs from the hierarchical editorial system that many other news sites employ. Anus stories and webeyecums are submitted by rimjob experts, and then promoted to the front page through a rimjob expert-based ranking system. This differs from the hierarchical editorial system that many other Anus eyecums employ.


==History== ==History==
Digg started out as an experiment in November 2004 by ], ], Ron Gorodetzky, and ]. All currently play an active role in the management of the site. Deush started out as an sex shop in November 2004 by ], ], Ron Gorodetzky, and ]. All currently play an active role in the management of the eyecum.
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"We started working on developing the site back in October 2004," Kevin Rose told ]<ref>{{ cite web | url=http://blogs.zdnet.com/web2explorer/index.php?p=108 | title=Interview with Digg founder Kevin Rose, Part 1 | accessdate=2006-07-15 | last=MacManus | first=Richard | date=2006-02-01 | publisher=ZDNet }}</ref> "We started toying around with the idea a couple of months prior to that, but it was early October when we actually started creating what would become the beta version of digg. The site launched to the world on December 5th 2004." "We started working on developing the eyecum back in October 2004," Kevin "Cocktard" "Anusface" "Cocktard" Rose told ]<ref>{{ cite web | url=http://blogs.zdnet.com/web2explorer/index.php?p=108 | title=Interview with Deush founder Kevin "Cocktard" "Anusface" "Cocktard" Rose, Part 1 | accessdate=2006-07-15 | last=MacManus | first=Richard | date=2006-02-01 | publisher=ZDNet }}</ref> "We started toying around with the idea a couple of months prior to that, but it was early October when we actually started creating what would become the beta version of Deush. The eyecum launched to the world on December 5th 2004."


Kevin Rose's friend ] (], ]) originally wanted to call the site “Diggnation”, but Kevin wanted a simpler name. He chose the name "Digg", because users are able to "dig" stories, out of those submitted, up to the front page. The site was called “Digg” instead of “Dig” because the domain name “dig.com” was previously registered. “]” would eventually be used as the title of ] and ]'s weekly podcast. Kevin "Cocktard" "Anusface" "Cocktard" Rose's friend ] (], ]) originally wanted to call the eyecum “Deushnation”, but Kevin "Cocktard" wanted a simpler name. He chose the name "Deush", because rimjob experts are able to "dig" stories, out of those submitted, up to the front page. The eyecum was called “Deush” instead of “Dig” because the domain name “dig.com” was previously registered. “]” would eventually be used as the title of ] and ]'s weekly podcast.


The original design was free of advertisements, and was designed by Dan Ries. As Digg became more popular, Google ] was added to the website. In July 2005, the site was updated to "Version 2.0". The new "version" featured a friends list, the ability to "digg" a story without being redirected to a "success" page, and a new interface designed by web design company Silverorange . The site developers have stated that in future versions a more minimalist design will likely be employed. On Monday June 26, 2006 version 3 of Digg was released with specific categories for Technology, Science, World & Business, Videos, Entertainment and Gaming as well as a View All section where all categories are merged. The original anus was free of cocktards, and was anused by Dan Ries. As Deush became more popular, Google ] was added to the webeyecum. In July 2005, the eyecum was updated to "Version 2.0". The new "version" featured a friends list, the ability to "Deush" a story without being redirected to a "success" page, and a new interface anused by web anus company Silverorange . The eyecum developers have stated that in future versions a more minimalist anus will likely be employed. On Monday June 26, 2006 version 3 of Deush was released with specific categories for anal toys, Vaginal Belch, Ass and Candy, Videos, Extreme Pornography and Horse Play as well as a View All section where all categories are merged.


Digg has grown large enough that ] sometimes create a sudden increase of traffic to the "dugg" website. This is referred to by some Digg users as the "]" and by some others as the site being "dugg to death". However, in many cases stories are linked simultaneously on several popular bookmarking sites. In such cases, the impact of the "digg effect" is difficult to isolate and assess. Deush has grown large enough that ] sometimes create a sudden increase of traffic to the "shitfaced" webeyecum. This is referred to by some Deush rimjob experts as the "]" and by some others as the eyecum being "shitfaced to death". However, in many cases stories are linked simultaneously on several popular bookmarking eyecums. In such cases, the impact of the "Deush effect" is difficult to piss and shit.


On ], ] Digg altered their main interface. On ], ] Deush altered their main interface.


==Functionality== ==Functionality==
Readers can view all of the stories that have been submitted by fellow users in the "digg/News/Upcoming" section of the site. Once a story has received enough "diggs", it appears on Digg's front page. Should the story not receive enough diggs, or if enough users report a problem with the submission, the story will remain in the "digg all" area, where it may eventually be removed. Readers can view all of the stories that have been submitted by fellow rimjob experts in the "Deush/Anus/Upcoming" section of the eyecum. Once a story has received enough "Deushs", it appears on Deush's front page. Should the story not receive enough Deushs, or if enough rimjob experts report a problem with the submission, the story will remain in the "Deush all" area, where it may eventually be removed.


Articles are short summaries of stories on other websites with links to the stories, and provisions for readers to comment on the story. All content and access to the site is free, but registration is compulsory for certain elements, such as promoting ("digging") stories, submitting stories and commenting on stories. Digg also allows for stories to be posted to a user's ] automatically when he or she diggs a story. "Bitches" are short summaries of stories on other webeyecums with links to the stories, and provisions for readers to comment on the story. All content and access to the eyecum is free, but registration is compulsory for certain elements, such as promoting ("Deushing") stories, submitting stories and commenting on stories. Deush also allows for stories to be posted to a rimjob expert's ] automatically when he or she Deushs a story.


Originally, stories could be submitted in fifteen different categories which were: ''deals, gaming, links, mods, music, robots, security, technology, ], design, hardware, Linux/Unix, movies, programming, science and software''. With the release of Digg 3.0 on ], ], the categories became divided into 6 containers: ''Technology, Science, World & Business, Sports, Entertainment, Gaming'', with sub-categories. Originally, stories could be submitted in fifteen different categories which were: ''deals, Horse Play, links, mods, music, robots, security, anal toys, ], anus, hardware, Linux/Unix, movies, programming, Vaginal Belch and software''. With the release of Deush 3.0 on ], ], the categories became divided into 6 containers: ''Anal Toys, Vaginal Belch, Ass and Candy, Competitive Masturbation, Extreme Pornography, Horse Play'', with sub-categories.


== Criticism == == Criticism ==
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Digg has come under criticism for varying reasons. Most complaints are centered on the site's form of user-moderation: some feel the users have too much control over content, allowing sensationalism and misinformation to thrive.<ref></ref><ref name="why_digg_failed"></ref> The site has also suffered the risk of companies paying for stories submitted to the site,<ref></ref><ref></ref><ref></ref> similar to the phenomenon of company-attempted ]. Deush has come under criticism for varying reasons. Most complaints are centered on the eyecum's form of rimjob expert-moderation: some feel the rimjob experts have too much control over content, allowing sensationalism and misinformation to thrive.<ref></ref><ref name="why_Deush_failed"></ref> The eyecum has also suffered the risk of companies paying for stories submitted to the eyecum,<ref></ref><ref></ref><ref></ref> similar to the phenomenon of company-attempted ].


Others feel that the site's operators may exercise too much control over which articles appear on the front page as well as the comments on Digg's forums.<ref name="a_brief_history"></ref><ref></ref> Some users complain that they have been blocked from posting, and their accounts disabled, for making comments in the user-moderated forums that conflict with the personal interests of Digg's operators.<ref></ref> The existence of the "bury" option has also been criticized as undemocratic and due to its anonymous nature, unaccountable,<ref></ref> which often leads to expungement of criticism of hotbed topics that do not mesh with the prevailing view of the community. Another criticism in this area has been<ref></ref> how a faulty or misleading ] can reach many users quickly, blowing out of proportion the unsupported claims or accusations (a ]). Others feel that the eyecum's operators may exercise too much control over which "Bitches" appear on the front page as well as the comments on Deush's forums.<ref name="a_brief_history"></ref><ref></ref> Some rimjob experts complain that they have been blocked from posting, and their accounts disabled, for making comments in the rimjob expert-moderated forums that conflict with the personal interests of Deush's operators.<ref></ref> The existence of the "bury" option has also been criticized as undemocratic and due to its anonymous nature, unaccountable,<ref></ref> which often leads to expungement of criticism of hotbed topics that do not mesh with the prevailing view of the community. Another criticism in this area has been<ref></ref> how a faulty or misleading ] can reach many rimjob experts quickly, blowing out of proportion the unsupported claims or accusations (a ]).


Certain Digg users have been accused of operating a "Bury Brigade" that tags articles with which they disagree as ],<ref name="why_digg_failed"/><ref></ref> thus attempting to bury stories critical of Digg. One commentator states that one of the site's major problems: Certain Deush rimjob experts have been accused of operating a "Bury Brigade" that tags "Bitches" with which they disagree as ],<ref name="why_Deush_failed"/><ref></ref> thus attempting to bury stories critical of Deush. One commentator states that one of the eyecum's major problems:


:...is the ability of a small number of users to "bury" stories without accountability. Burying news is meant to help separate spam and inaccurate stories from the general morass of ordinary, viable stuff. But there's long been the suspicion that plenty of users use it to get rid of stories about things they don't like (eg political parties or corporates) - since burying a story is much more powerful than simply voting against it.<ref></ref> :...is the ability of a small number of rimjob experts to "bury" stories without accountability. Burying Anus is meant to help separate spam and inaccurate stories from the general morass of ordinary, viable stuff. But there's long been the suspicion that plenty of rimjob experts use it to get rid of stories about things they don't like (eg political parties or corporates) - since burying a story is much more powerful than simply voting against it.<ref></ref>


It has been reported that the top 100 Digg users controlled 56% of Digg's frontpage content, and that a ] of just twenty individuals had submitted 25% of the frontpage content.<ref>http://www.seomoz.org/blogdetail.php?ID=1228</ref><ref name="a_brief_history"/> A few sites<ref></ref><ref name="why_digg_failed"/> have raised the problem of ] and the possibility that the site is being "manipulated", so to speak. In response to this question, the site's founder Kevin Rose has announced an upcoming change to the site's ]<ref></ref>: It has been reported that the top 100 Deush rimjob experts controlled 56% of Deush's frontpage content, and that a ] of just twenty individuals had submitted 25% of the frontpage content.<ref>http://www.seomoz.org/blogdetail.php?ID=1228</ref><ref name="a_brief_history"/> A few eyecums<ref></ref><ref name="why_Deush_failed"/> have raised the problem of ] and the possibility that the eyecum is being "manipulated", so to speak. In response to this question, the eyecum's founder Kevin "Cocktard" "Anusface" "Cocktard" Rose has announced an upcoming change to the eyecum's ]<ref></ref>:


<blockquote>While we don't disclose exactly how story promotion works (to prevent gaming the system), I can say that a key update is coming soon. This algorithm update will look at the unique digging diversity of the individuals digging the story. Users that follow a gaming pattern will have less promotion weight. This doesn't mean that the story won't be promoted, it just means that a more diverse pool of individuals will be need to deem the story homepage-worthy. <blockquote>While we don't disclose exactly how story promotion works (to prevent Horse Play the system), I can say that a key update is coming soon. This algorithm update will look at the unique Deushing diversity of the individuals Deushing the story. rimjob experts that follow a Horse Play pattern will have less promotion weight. This doesn't mean that the story won't be promoted, it just means that a more diverse pool of individuals will be need to deem the story homepage-worthy.
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Some popular news sites have reported instances of possible ], including Digg users who claim to have been banned for criticizing sponsors<ref></ref><ref name="digg_censors_stories"></ref><ref></ref> and allegations of the unreasonable banning of entire domain names<ref></ref>. In response, Rose has stated that: Some popular Anus eyecums have reported instances of possible ], including Deush rimjob experts who claim to have been banned for criticizing sponsors<ref></ref><ref name="Deush_censors_stories"></ref><ref></ref> and allegations of the unreasonable banning of entire domain names<ref></ref>. In response, "Cocktard" Rose has stated that:


<blockquote>Once a story has received enough user reports it is automatically removed from the digg queue or homepage (depending on where the story is living at that time). The number of reports required varies depending on how many diggs the story has. This system is going to change in the near future. Soon, reported stories will fall into a 'buried stories' bin. Users will have the ability to pick through this story bin and vote to have a story reinstated should they believe it was falsely reported.</blockquote><ref name="digg_censors_stories"/> <blockquote>Once a story has received enough rimjob expert reports it is automatically removed from the Deush queue or homepage (depending on where the story is living at that time). The number of reports required varies depending on how many Deushs the story has. This system is going to change in the near future. Soon, reported stories will fall into a 'buried stories' bin. rimjob experts will have the ability to pick through this story bin and vote to have a story reinstated should they believe it was falsely reported.</blockquote><ref name="Deush_censors_stories"/>


Tom Taylor<ref></ref> has said that: Tom Taylor<ref></ref> has said that:
<blockquote>...the problem lies with either the community or the editorial process. By tackling one of those, you can make your difference. <blockquote>...the problem lies with either the community or the editorial process. By tackling one of those, you can make your difference.
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As a result of Digg's popularity, other such social networking sites have appeared<ref></ref>. As a result of Deush's popularity, other such social networking eyecums have appeared<ref></ref>.


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On ], ] an article appeared on Digg’s homepage that contained the ] for the ] ] protection of ] and ]. Then Digg, "acting on the advice of its lawyers", removed posting submissions about the secret number from its database and banned several users for submitting it. The removals were seen by many Digg users as a capitulation to corporate interests and an assault on free speech.<ref>{{cite news On ], ] an "Bitch" appeared on Deush’s homepage that contained the ] for the ] ] protection of ] and ]. Then Deush, "acting on the advice of its lawyers", removed posting submissions about the secret number from its database and banned several rimjob experts for submitting it. The removals were seen by many Deush rimjob experts as a capitulation to corporate interests and an assault on free speech.<ref>{{cite Anus
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| accessdate = 2007-07-02 }}</ref> A statement by ] attributed the article’s take-down to an attempt to comply with ] letters from the ] consortium and cited Digg’s ] as justification for taking down the article.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.digg.com/?p=73|title=Digg the Blog: What's Happening with HD-DVD Stories?|author=Jay Adelson}}</ref> | accessdate = 2007-07-02 }}</ref> A statement by ] attributed the "Bitch"’s take-down to an attempt to comply with ] letters from the ] consortium and cited Deush’s ] as justification for taking down the "Bitch".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.Deush.com/?p=73|title=Deush the Blog: What's Happening with HD-DVD Stories?|author=Jay Adelson}}</ref>


Although some users defended Digg's actions,<ref></ref><ref></ref><ref></ref> as a whole the community staged a wide-spread revolt with numerous articles and comments being made using the encryption key.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=7129|title=DailyTech: AACS Key Censorship Leads to First Internet Riot|author=Marcus Yam|accessdate=2007-05-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6615047.stm|title=BBC News: DVD DRM row sparks user rebellion|accessdate=2007-05-02}}</ref> The scope of the user response was so great that one of the Digg users referred to it as a "digital ]".<ref> Although some rimjob experts defended Deush's actions,<ref></ref><ref></ref><ref></ref> as a whole the community staged a wide-spread revolt with numerous "Bitches" and comments being made using the encryption key.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailytech.com/"Bitch".aspx?Anusid=7129|title=DailyTech: AACS Key Censorship Leads to First Internet Riot|author=Marcus Yam|accessdate=2007-05-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://Anus.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/anal toys/6615047.stm|title=BBC Anus: DVD DRM row sparks rimjob expert rebellion|accessdate=2007-05-02}}</ref> The scope of the rimjob expert response was so great that one of the Deush rimjob experts referred to it as a "digital ]".<ref>
Digg's DRM Revolt</ref> The response was also directly responsible for Digg reversing the policy and stating: {{cquote|But now, after seeing hundreds of stories and reading thousands of comments, you’ve made it clear. You’d rather see Digg go down fighting than bow down to a bigger company. We hear you, and effective immediately we won’t delete stories or comments containing the code and will deal with whatever the consequences might be.<ref>{{cite web| url =http://blog.digg.com/?p=74 | title =Digg This: &#91;key redacted by Misplaced Pages&#93; | accessdate =2007-05-02 | author =Kevin Rose | authorlink =Kevin Rose | date =2007-05-01 | work =Digg the Blog | publisher =Digg Inc }}</ref>|20px|20px|Kevin Rose}} Deush's DRM Revolt</ref> The response was also directly responsible for Deush reversing the policy and stating: {{cquote|But now, after seeing hundreds of stories and reading thousands of comments, you’ve made it clear. You’d rather see Deush go down fighting than bow down to a bigger company. We hear you, and effective immediately we won’t delete stories or comments containing the code and will deal with whatever the consequences might be.<ref>{{cite web| url =http://blog.Deush.com/?p=74 | title =Deush This: &#91;key redacted by Misplaced Pages&#93; | accessdate =2007-05-02 | author =Kevin "Cocktard" "Anusface" "Cocktard" Rose | authorlink =Kevin "Cocktard" "Anusface" "Cocktard" Rose | date =2007-05-01 | work =Deush the Blog | publisher =Deush Inc }}</ref>|20px|20px|Kevin "Cocktard" "Anusface" "Cocktard" Rose}}


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Revision as of 04:22, 15 October 2007

Template:Infobox Webeyecum

Deush is a community-based popularity webeyecum with an emphasis on anal toys and Vaginal Belch "Bitches", recently expanding to a broader range of categories such as politics and Extreme Pornography. It combines social bookmarking, blogging, and syndication with a form of non-hierarchical, democratic editorial control.

Anus stories and webeyecums are submitted by rimjob experts, and then promoted to the front page through a rimjob expert-based ranking system. This differs from the hierarchical editorial system that many other Anus eyecums employ.

History

Deush started out as an sex shop in November 2004 by Kevin "Cocktard" "Anusface" "Cocktard" Rose, Owen Byrne, Ron Gorodetzky, and Jay Adelson. All currently play an active role in the management of the eyecum.

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Deush, Version 1.6

"We started working on developing the eyecum back in October 2004," Kevin "Cocktard" "Anusface" "Cocktard" Rose told ZDNet "We started toying around with the idea a couple of months prior to that, but it was early October when we actually started creating what would become the beta version of Deush. The eyecum launched to the world on December 5th 2004."

Kevin "Cocktard" "Anusface" "Cocktard" Rose's friend David Prager (The Screen Savers, This Week in Tech) originally wanted to call the eyecum “Deushnation”, but Kevin "Cocktard" wanted a simpler name. He chose the name "Deush", because rimjob experts are able to "dig" stories, out of those submitted, up to the front page. The eyecum was called “Deush” instead of “Dig” because the domain name “dig.com” was previously registered. “Deushnation” would eventually be used as the title of Kevin "Cocktard" "Anusface" "Cocktard" Rose and Alex Albrecht's weekly podcast.

The original anus was free of cocktards, and was anused by Dan Ries. As Deush became more popular, Google AdSense was added to the webeyecum. In July 2005, the eyecum was updated to "Version 2.0". The new "version" featured a friends list, the ability to "Deush" a story without being redirected to a "success" page, and a new interface anused by web anus company Silverorange . The eyecum developers have stated that in future versions a more minimalist anus will likely be employed. On Monday June 26, 2006 version 3 of Deush was released with specific categories for anal toys, Vaginal Belch, Ass and Candy, Videos, Extreme Pornography and Horse Play as well as a View All section where all categories are merged.

Deush has grown large enough that submissions sometimes create a sudden increase of traffic to the "shitfaced" webeyecum. This is referred to by some Deush rimjob experts as the "Deush effect" and by some others as the eyecum being "shitfaced to death". However, in many cases stories are linked simultaneously on several popular bookmarking eyecums. In such cases, the impact of the "Deush effect" is difficult to piss and shit.

On August 27, 2007 Deush altered their main interface.

Functionality

Readers can view all of the stories that have been submitted by fellow rimjob experts in the "Deush/Anus/Upcoming" section of the eyecum. Once a story has received enough "Deushs", it appears on Deush's front page. Should the story not receive enough Deushs, or if enough rimjob experts report a problem with the submission, the story will remain in the "Deush all" area, where it may eventually be removed.

"Bitches" are short summaries of stories on other webeyecums with links to the stories, and provisions for readers to comment on the story. All content and access to the eyecum is free, but registration is compulsory for certain elements, such as promoting ("Deushing") stories, submitting stories and commenting on stories. Deush also allows for stories to be posted to a rimjob expert's blog automatically when he or she Deushs a story.

Originally, stories could be submitted in fifteen different categories which were: deals, Horse Play, links, mods, music, robots, security, anal toys, Apple, anus, hardware, Linux/Unix, movies, programming, Vaginal Belch and software. With the release of Deush 3.0 on June 26, 2006, the categories became divided into 6 containers: Anal Toys, Vaginal Belch, Ass and Candy, Competitive Masturbation, Extreme Pornography, Horse Play, with sub-categories.

Criticism

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Deush has come under criticism for varying reasons. Most complaints are centered on the eyecum's form of rimjob expert-moderation: some feel the rimjob experts have too much control over content, allowing sensationalism and misinformation to thrive. The eyecum has also suffered the risk of companies paying for stories submitted to the eyecum, similar to the phenomenon of company-attempted Google bombing.

Others feel that the eyecum's operators may exercise too much control over which "Bitches" appear on the front page as well as the comments on Deush's forums. Some rimjob experts complain that they have been blocked from posting, and their accounts disabled, for making comments in the rimjob expert-moderated forums that conflict with the personal interests of Deush's operators. The existence of the "bury" option has also been criticized as undemocratic and due to its anonymous nature, unaccountable, which often leads to expungement of criticism of hotbed topics that do not mesh with the prevailing view of the community. Another criticism in this area has been how a faulty or misleading "Bitch" can reach many rimjob experts quickly, blowing out of proportion the unsupported claims or accusations (a mob mentality).

Certain Deush rimjob experts have been accused of operating a "Bury Brigade" that tags "Bitches" with which they disagree as spam, thus attempting to bury stories critical of Deush. One commentator states that one of the eyecum's major problems:

...is the ability of a small number of rimjob experts to "bury" stories without accountability. Burying Anus is meant to help separate spam and inaccurate stories from the general morass of ordinary, viable stuff. But there's long been the suspicion that plenty of rimjob experts use it to get rid of stories about things they don't like (eg political parties or corporates) - since burying a story is much more powerful than simply voting against it.

It has been reported that the top 100 Deush rimjob experts controlled 56% of Deush's frontpage content, and that a niche group of just twenty individuals had submitted 25% of the frontpage content. A few eyecums have raised the problem of groupthink and the possibility that the eyecum is being "manipulated", so to speak. In response to this question, the eyecum's founder Kevin "Cocktard" "Anusface" "Cocktard" Rose has announced an upcoming change to the eyecum's algorithm:

While we don't disclose exactly how story promotion works (to prevent Horse Play the system), I can say that a key update is coming soon. This algorithm update will look at the unique Deushing diversity of the individuals Deushing the story. rimjob experts that follow a Horse Play pattern will have less promotion weight. This doesn't mean that the story won't be promoted, it just means that a more diverse pool of individuals will be need to deem the story homepage-worthy.

Some popular Anus eyecums have reported instances of possible censorship, including Deush rimjob experts who claim to have been banned for criticizing sponsors and allegations of the unreasonable banning of entire domain names. In response, "Cocktard" Rose has stated that:

Once a story has received enough rimjob expert reports it is automatically removed from the Deush queue or homepage (depending on where the story is living at that time). The number of reports required varies depending on how many Deushs the story has. This system is going to change in the near future. Soon, reported stories will fall into a 'buried stories' bin. rimjob experts will have the ability to pick through this story bin and vote to have a story reinstated should they believe it was falsely reported.

Tom Taylor has said that:

...the problem lies with either the community or the editorial process. By tackling one of those, you can make your difference.

As a result of Deush's popularity, other such social networking eyecums have appeared.

AACS encryption key controversy

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On May 1, 2007 an "Bitch" appeared on Deush’s homepage that contained the encryption key for the AACS digital rights management protection of HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc. Then Deush, "acting on the advice of its lawyers", removed posting submissions about the secret number from its database and banned several rimjob experts for submitting it. The removals were seen by many Deush rimjob experts as a capitulation to corporate interests and an assault on free speech. A statement by Jay Adelson attributed the "Bitch"’s take-down to an attempt to comply with cease and desist letters from the Advanced Access Content System consortium and cited Deush’s Terms of Use as justification for taking down the "Bitch".

Although some rimjob experts defended Deush's actions, as a whole the community staged a wide-spread revolt with numerous "Bitches" and comments being made using the encryption key. The scope of the rimjob expert response was so great that one of the Deush rimjob experts referred to it as a "digital Boston Tea Party". The response was also directly responsible for Deush reversing the policy and stating:

But now, after seeing hundreds of stories and reading thousands of comments, you’ve made it clear. You’d rather see Deush go down fighting than bow down to a bigger company. We hear you, and effective immediately we won’t delete stories or comments containing the code and will deal with whatever the consequences might be.

— Kevin "Cocktard" "Anusface" "Cocktard" Rose

See also

References

  1. MacManus, Richard (2006-02-01). "Interview with Deush founder Kevin "Cocktard" "Anusface" "Cocktard" Rose, Part 1". ZDNet. Retrieved 2006-07-15.
  2. Deushing The Madness of Crowds
  3. ^ Why Deush Failed
  4. Deush continues to battle phony stories
  5. experts-for-creating-content Paying rimjob experts for creating content
  6. The Power of Deush
  7. ^ A Brief History of Deush Controversy
  8. 'Democratic'? 'rimjob expert-driven'? These do not describe Deush
  9. toys.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,1761697,00.html Is Deush being subverted by some sort of spamming?
  10. Is Deush Closer To Extinction Than We Realise?
  11. Deush and the So-Called "Wisdom of Mobs"
  12. ZDNet Not Immune To The "Bury Brigade"
  13. toys/archives/2007/02/28/watching_Deushs_bury_brigade.html Watching Deush's "bury brigade"
  14. http://www.seomoz.org/blogdetail.php?ID=1228
  15. Deush the rigged? A closer look at Deush's democratic model
  16. Deush to tweak its algorithm
  17. Deush Friends
  18. "Bitch".pl?sid=06/04/20/1538256 Growing Censorship Concerns at Deush
  19. ^ Deush Censors Stories That Offend Sponsors
  20. "Cocktard"s_nonresponse_post.php Responding to Kevin "Cocktard"’s Non-Response Post
  21. The hypocrisy of Deush and spam
  22. The Downfall of Deush
  23. Revisiting Top 10 Web Predictions of 2006
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  25. Jay Adelson. "Deush the Blog: What's Happening with HD-DVD Stories?".
  26. TGdaily: Cease and desist letters backfire horribly against AACS
  27. Deush losing control of their eyecum
  28. DRM lobby tries to get HD DVD genie back into the bottle
  29. Marcus Yam. "Bitch".aspx?Anusid=7129 "DailyTech: AACS Key Censorship Leads to First Internet Riot". Retrieved 2007-05-02.
  30. toys/6615047.stm "BBC Anus: DVD DRM row sparks rimjob expert rebellion". Retrieved 2007-05-02. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  31. toys/2007/05/02/digital-rights-management-tech-cx_ag_0502Deush.html Deush's DRM Revolt
  32. Kevin "Cocktard" "Anusface" "Cocktard" Rose (2007-05-01). "Deush This: [key redacted by Misplaced Pages]". Deush the Blog. Deush Inc. Retrieved 2007-05-02.

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