I've gone ahead and added reddit to my /etc/hosts over this. Not because this in particular is so bad to warrant it on its own (though it is), so much as it is the final straw in a long line of things that should have been the last straw.

For people who are interested in actual news instead of meme wankery, Digg has been back for a while: http://digg.com/

The way reddit is going, I think it's entirely possible that digg could once again become the place to go, possibly even likely if they work towards an "uncensored reddit". I could see some event happening (like this), where a mass exodus occurs, just like happened to dogg.

Digg is doing a different model now, no comments. Honestly it's kind of refreshing.

That sounds boring, like a newspaper.

We've come full circle. End of one cycle, beginning of another.