This post isn’t meant to prove anything, just to note something of some small significance–a data point, basically.
Digg is major gathering point for the pro-open source, anti-big company, anti-DRM crowd. To be sure, many others use the site, and most Diggers who hold these views are casual about their advocacy and not among the hardcore folks who hang out on more focused sites.
But sometimes I wonder whether among casual holders of this creed, the motivating factor isn’t political, philosophical, or ideological, but just to get something for nothing.
So note the current top stories on Digg:
| Votes | Story |
| 2061 | Windows Vista One Click Activator-BIOS Emulation Crack (Paradox and CLoNY) |
| 1174 | It has Been LEGAL to Unlock Your Cell Phone Since November 2006! |
| 726 | Walmart Sends The Consumerist A DMCA takedown notice. |
| 621 | “To whom it may concern: file-sharing is illegal” |
| 498 | The Pirate Bay’s Torrents Quadruple in a Year |
Just a correlation, proof of nothing in particular.
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