Digg Surrenders to Mob

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Digg CEO Jay Adelson responded on the Digg blog earlier this afternoon but it was clear he did not yet understand the chaos that was coming. The post only added fuel to the fire. Just now,buy michael jackson ultimate collection dvd, co-founder Kevin Rose posted yet again on the Digg blog, effectively capitulating to the mob’s demands: He says
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Vive La Revolution.
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