# Please Explain Digg to Me

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-digg-to-me/402760>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 4, 2007, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-digg-to-me/402760 "2007-05-04T16:45:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-digg-to-me/402760/1 "2007-05-04T16:45:17Z")

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OK, it seems like it is just a place where folks submit links to news stories. Am I missing something here?

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**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-digg-to-me/402760/2 "2007-05-04T16:47:53Z")

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If you mean why is it getting so much attention? [This thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=419123) has the relevant information (in a nutshell, someone hacked the encryption key on a company’s DVDs and posted it to the site, and all hell subsequently broke loose with the company threatening a lawsuit).

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**Author:** ![Chasing\_Dreams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/258eb7/32.png) [@Chasing\_Dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chasing_Dreams)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-digg-to-me/402760/3 "2007-05-04T17:29:00Z")

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Yeah, Digg is a social bookmarking website. It is very similar to Slashdot. Members link to stories and if they are ranked highly (Digg It), then they go on the front page. If it is unpopular, then they are “Dugg” a grave.

Do you Digg it?