Digg Fights Top Users For Control

Some of the generals in Digg.com’s army of volunteer news readers are in revolt over new abuse controls that could undermine their influence on the site.

In an attempt to defend Digg from gaming and spam, founder Kevin Rose announced the site will be changing its algorithm for weighing and ranking stories.

Digg’s open news model — stories on the site are ranked on popularity among its users — has been criticized recently for being vulnerable to fraud or abuse.

By Michael Calore

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