Digg: A Cara Do Fascismo Privado Na Web 2.0

Eu tinha uma conta no serviço de notícias DIGG. Fui acessá-la hoje e recebi a seguinte mensagem do sistema:

"Your account is invalid

If you have any questions, please contact [email protected]"

Tradução:

"Sua conta é inválida. Se tiver qualquer pergunta por favor entre em contato com [email protected]"

Enviei a mensagem para o serviço de suporte, seguindo as instruções da tela. Recebi a seguinte resposta:

-------- Original Message --------

Subject:	Re: What happened?
Date:	Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:02:26 -0700
From:	Digg Support <[email protected]>
Reply-To:	[email protected]
Organization:	Digg, Inc.
To:	Alexis Kauffmann <[email protected]>
References:	<[email protected]>

Your account was banned for submitting non-English content, which is 
against our Terms of Use. We will un-ban your account if you review 
those terms and agree not to do it again. Please visit: http://digg.com/tos

-Digg Support

Tradução:

"Sua conta foi banida por submeter conteúdo em idioma não-inglês, o que é contra nossos termos de serviço. Nós "desbaniremos" (sic) sua conta se você ler esses termos novamente e concordar em não fazê-lo novamente. Por favor visite: http://digg.com/tos"

Bem, segui o link até os Termos de Serviço (Terms of Service - TOS) procurando alguma cláusula que obrigasse os editores a submeter somente conteúdo em inglês. Fiquem à vontade para procurar, não vão encontrar.

Diante disso, só pude responder ao pessoal do DIGG o seguinte:

-------- Original Message --------

Subject:	Re: What happened?
Date:	Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:28:58 -0300
From:	Alexis Kauffmann <[email protected]>
To:	[email protected]
References:	<[email protected]> <[email protected]>

Hi. / Oi.

I've visited Digg's TOS again and did not see any clause regarding a submission's language or idiom: / Visite o TOS do DIGG novamente e não vi cláusula alguma referindo-se a linguagem ou idioma:

5. USER CONDUCT / Conduta do Usuário

As a condition of use, you promise not to use the Services for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms of Use, or any other purpose not reasonably intended by Digg.

By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree not to use the Services:
1. to abuse, harass, threaten, impersonate or intimidate other Digg users;
2. to post or transmit, or cause to be posted or transmitted, any Content that is infringing, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, abusive, offensive, profane, or otherwise violates any law or right of any third party;
3. for any illegal or unauthorized purpose. If you are an international user, you agree to comply with all local laws regarding online conduct and acceptable content;
4. to post or transmit, or cause to be posted or transmitted, any communication or solicitation designed or intended to obtain password, account, or private information from any Digg user;
5. to create or submit unwanted email ("Spam") to any other Digg users or any URL;
6. to violate any laws in your jurisdiction (including but not limited to copyright laws);
7. to submit stories or comments linking to affiliate programs, multi-level marketing schemes, sites/blogs repurposing existing stories (source hops), or off-topic content;
8. with the exception of accessing RSS feeds, you will not use any robot, spider, scraper or other automated means to access the Site for any purpose without our express written permission. Additionally, you agree that you will not: (i) take any action that imposes, or may impose in our sole discretion an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure; (ii) interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Site or any activities conducted on the Site; or (iii) bypass any measures we may use to prevent or restrict access to the Site;
9. with the intention of artificially inflating or altering the 'digg count', blog count, comments, or any other Digg service, including by way of creating separate user accounts for the purpose of artificially altering Digg's services; giving or receiving money or other remuneration in exchange for votes; or participating in any other organized effort that in any way artificially alters the results of Digg's services;
10. to advertise to, or solicit, any user to buy or sell any products or services. It is also a violation of these rules to use any information obtained from the Services in order to contact, advertise to, solicit, or sell to any user without their prior explicit consent;
11. attempt to impersonate another user or person;
12. sell or otherwise transfer your profile."

None of the above items refer explicitly to "non-english content". / Nenhum dos itens acima se refere explicitamente a conteúdo em idioma não-inglês.

But, as you state here... / Mas, como vocês declaram aqui...

"Digg may remove any Content and Digg accounts at any time for any reason (including, but not limited to, upon receipt of claims or allegations from third parties or authorities relating to such Content), or for no reason at all. To report Terms of Use abuse, please email: [email protected]"

TRADUÇÃO: "O DIGG PODE REMOVER QUALQUER CONTEÚDO OU CONTAS DIGG A QUALQUER TEMPO POR QUALQUER MOTIVO... OU ATÉ MESMO POR NENHUM MOTIVO"

Diante disso, resta-me reproduzir o restante do e-mail:

So, the spirit behind this service is clearly fascist, running against every democratic principle ever stated in the history of mankind. So, please, feel free to keep my account banned and to ban other account I've created to replace the old one. The login is AKauffmann, please, delete it, for I want no association of my name to fascists of any kind, public or private, on the web or outside it! / Então, o espírito por trás deste serviço é claramente fascista, colocando-se contra todo princípio democrático já enunciado na história da humanidade. Assim sintam-se à vontade para manter o banimento de minha conta e banir a outra conta que criei para substituir a antiga. O novo login é AKauffmann, por favor, deletem essa conta, porque não quero associação alguma de meu nome com fascistas de qualquer tipo, públicos ou privados, na web ou fora dela.

Sieg Heil, you little Hitlers, / Sieg Heil, seus Hitler-zinhos

AKauffmann.

P.S.: This e-mail, along with your answer, will be published all around the portuguese reading and writing web. You asked for it. / P.S. Este e-mail, junto com sua resposta, será publicado por toda parte na web em português. Vocês pediram por isso.

Então, eis-me aqui cumprindo a promessa. Quem não tiver sangue de barata, favor divulgar este artigo.