I was right about Forevergeek and Digg
Earlier this morning I left a comment on a post of Fovergeek’s where he complains that Digg is unfairly banning him:
There’s a possible explanation for some of this which doesn’t require conspiracy. Digg is very, very heavy against spam. It’s possible that some stories which get buried are done automatically. I can, for example, bury any story I want by creating a bunch of new users and digging that story…
It seems, in light of this post by Digg founder Kevin Rose that I’m right. He specifically addresses FG’s concerns:
The banning of forevergeek.com: Aside from the dozens of user reports, several accounts were created to artificially inflate the digg count of their stories. When a single URL hits a threshold of reports, our standard procedure is to block that URL from submission (spam control). Again, mass fraud digging is in violation of our terms of service.
So, really, they have nothing to complain about. I’m sure the digg fraud detection systems will improve over time once they figure out which users are good and which are bad, and which should be listened to, and which not. Right now, the way their system works, I can knock a story off any page anywhere just by creating a bunch of new users and digging it. And, that’s a problem.
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