Digg abuse

[angisson]

Ok, I did not know where to post this at all. so here it goes

this is about NP$ Incentives and Digg.

Ok, when I joined this I found a eazy way to make money, Clicking Digg for Np, last night Itryed to log in to my account (dig) and it said "Your account has been disabled due to misus" so woundering why I e-mailed Digg support (great ppl, reply fast) and asked them why my account was locked and how I could chage it if possable... here is the reply thay sent me

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Our internal spam controls flagged multiple accounts all digging the same stories. Mass
digging (digg story fraud) is in violation of our Terms of Service. If users, websites
or companies violate our TOS we block them from the site. We will unban your account per
your request and if you agree not to do this again.

For more information visit: http://digg.com/tos

-The Digg Watch Team.
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so letting ppl click Digg for NP is a violation od Digg TOS ? has anyone else got banned from NP for just digging stories ?

so just woundering, is what we are doing @ NP digg story fraud ? and if it do we have to stop it :O I hope not.


Thanks for reading, and can't wait too see your responces

 

[Joe]

interesting...
my account hasn't been banned
but i have 'digged' alot
i think np$ for diggs should be stopped
Joe

 

[stscac]

Digg is a waste of time.

But a hell of a traffic driver if you hit the jackpot

-Steve

 

[singx]

I havent tried diiging much more than creating an account, but i read the same thing at site point or digital point today, cant remember la...

 

[B33R]

LMAO that's great!

My Digg account has been disabled too!

That's just too funny....I've only dugg 2 stories!!!

Digg isn't much good anyway, for 3 reasons. Inaccurate stories (front page one week is exposed as being completely false the next week), the Digg effect (too many "dead" servers) and way too much trolling. I've never seen so many trolls in my entire life!

I thought WHT was an aggressive forum with too many trolls and haters, it's nothing compared to Digg.

Slashdot anyone?

 

[drifta]

my account was banned yesterday after hosting a NP$ for diggs thread
is it fraud? yes!
got some ok traffic tho

 

[B33R]

All you need is one stat happy Digg owner/employee(?) and you'll easily see the referrals coming from NP.

Or just a sharp eyed owner/employee(?) who notices the same people every time digging some stories and not digging much else.

Ah well, their loss!

 

[deleted984054565403]

Digg is a waste of time.

But a hell of a traffic driver if you hit the jackpot

-Steve

Agreed 100%.

Perhaps we could set a pre-defined cap on Digg for NP$ incentives.

 

[angisson]

Agreed 100%.

Perhaps we could set a pre-defined cap on Digg for NP$ incentives.

Good idea, but if Digg says its wrong on there site it should be stoped IMHO.

SV stoped people from selling MySpace profiles in chat , and said if its agnest there TOS thay would not allow it @ NP... so is it the same for Digging ??

 

[drifta]

did my post get deleted?

 

[B33R]

SV stoped people from selling MySpace profiles in chat , and said if its agnest there TOS thay would not allow it @ NP... so is it the same for Digging ??

Apparently nobody knew it was a rule there. Now we know, maybe they'll make it a rule here too.

Although I don't think anyone's going to try it again. Most of us have had our account suspended now anyway.

did my post get deleted?

Which one?

 

[angisson]

I got mine un locked, just e-mail them ask them, thay will send you a e-mail back saying do you agree with the TOS... and I did and thay than unlocked my account BUT thay said my IP and name would be under review for the next 30 days too make shure I am not breaking the rules anymore.

 

[weblord]

yes most people there are rude and even one posted that he/she got scammed because of my digged links and then I viewed/browsed the stats and they haven't signed in. i think digg is a newsgroup in the making where all lowlifes will be frequenting in the future. well some are not.

and also I posted an aticle there about google submission/seo tips and guess what I receive all the "wtf" you can imagine and there's a section there that I'm giving away orkut invite and those that said (mostly) wtf availed of the orkut invite.

i think i will be stopping some of digg campaigns as well and the traffic is not woth it anyways.

I think its alright, but Digg should first worry about the verbal abuse on the site. I posted something that was a duplicate. Next thing I know someone posts a comment "@microdude431: STFU." They dont even clear up thier own comments. Digg users are rude to everyone.. even themselves.

:imho:

 

[eli03]

my account was disable too, but who cares. im not even a publisher writer.

 

[angisson]

just a little bump, I will try and catch RJ in Chat, and see if I can bring this to his attention.

just wnat to get his responce on this if I can.

 

[weblord]

well Rj is everywhere I know he can read this one

 

[angisson]

anything on this yet ?

 

[dgridley]

Slashdot is so.... yesterday!

Newswire is the new one for me.. tho I hit several times Digg everyday. I rarely bother with Slashdot anymore.

Slashdot anyone?

 

[RJ]

This has been brought to my attention. I'm not a big user of Digg myself.

Will make sure we cover this at Thursday's staff meeting.