Archive for November 8th, 2008
Non-Believers Dig Digg
by Ron Gold on Nov.08, 2008, under LOL, Religulous
It turns out that social media websitse like Digg do very well among atheists and agnostics:
But you won’t find many links to Bible studies on the front page of Digg — unless it’s about the absurdity of taking Scripture literally. A 2-year-old survey of Digg users showed a significant concentration of atheists and agnostics. Because Digg’s content is submitted and voted on by the users, the stories promoted to the website’s homepage reflect the audience.
Although [Digg user Andrew] Barker reads Digg regularly, he doesn’t submit links very often. But he had a big hit with a picture he posted of a child’s coloring book showing Jesus riding a dinosaur. “I found it, and thought, ‘God, that’s such a hilarious image,’” Barker said. “Digg takes everything religious so lightheartedly.”
Poking fun at evangelical Christians, Catholics, creationists, the image of Jesus Christ and, well, anything remotely associated with religion is commonplace on the website. An image, titled “The Incredible Jesuc Car: I’m Afraid Of Americans,” was voted to the Digg homepage a few days ago. The photo shows a Toyota, with the license plate “Jesuc,” blanketed in bumper stickers promoting Christianity, the Republican presidential ticket and anti-gay marriage propositions.
