If you look at reddit, 11 of the 25 top posts right now are on politics. That's definitely not a balanced view of the news. Digg has 2 right now, but used to ha

If you look at reddit, 11 of the 25 top posts right now are on politics. That's definitely not a balanced view of the news. Digg has 2 right now, but used to have way more. They've obviously built great sites, but as many have already noted, it's not at all a great way to discover articles on a wide-range of subjects -- with reddit white labeling their structure, maybe some of the children they spawn will be able to even surpass the main site in real news sharing. Honestly though, I don't know anybody not really computer savvy that uses any "social news" sites. Many people over 30 wouldn't even know what Digg is. Really just an example of how people online all the time imagine the impact of what they use (aka twitter) to be greater than what it actually is. people who are always connected are going to be controlling what the news is on those sites, and it definitely shows.