Are you a Digg Snob?

I’ve been a member of the popular social bookmarking site ‘Digg‘ since late 2006, and I’d like to take a moment to discuss an emerging and unsettling trend I’ve noticed: Digg Elitism and the rise of the Digg Snob.

I define a Digg Snob as a person who, while very active on the site, does not reciprocate friendship requests from other active members. I can understand ignoring requests from users with sketchy usernames like ‘diggnasty’ or ‘paid-to-digg,’ or those that have submitted 4,183 articles while only voting for 3 others, but it seems like there are those that ignore requests just because they can.

So what can you do to fight the Digg Snobs? I recently went through my friend list and removed all those that did not reciprocate. If enough ‘fans’ pull out, maybe the elite won’t ride quite as high.

And for those snobby diggers, I offer this suggestion: take the shovel out (see image) and consider returning the favor to some of your deserving fans.