Top Digg User Banned
It’s official, one of the top digg users has been deleted from digg. Supernova17 (19 years old) had been paid to submit an article about a company. This company’s marketing department stated that since their company “does not have a lot of money,” this was one of the only ways to spread the word about their service.
In my opinion, Supernova17 is not the only one receiving a bribe to put a story on digg. I am positive there are numerous top diggers that receive “benefits” from submitting a company’s story. One of the best and cheapest ways to get the word out on an upcoming product is through social news sites such as digg. Having a story on digg is like getting your product in front of the eyes of the people who basically create/run the Internet. This is why top diggers like Supernova17 get numerous offers per week for payment to digg a story.
The digg team has been struggling to say the least with fraudulent and false stories. There are “digg armies” built to help each other digg stories and get to the front page. Even webmasters with large followings can get to the front page very easily. Hopefully digg sorts out all these issues or they will be in trouble.
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