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There seems to be quite a significant fraud into the homepage . . . just for the obvious backlinks!
Envelope stuffing work form home

any platform with potential adverting exposure is bound to be abused

Not many make it to stardome on digg but this internet marketing has been going on for a long time.

Newsvine , digg if you are caught self promoting as I been caught a few times they will disable your account, but this guy is just making some cash from others not self promoting,

Digg sucks anyway

That's what happens in a free market society.

I'm suprised that people think this is something new. What rock have you been under???

This is called Internet Marketing... do what ever you can to get traffic, hopefully qualified traffic, at a cost that allows you to make a profit.

This is just like hiring a PR person, just probably cheaper and you'll get a better ROI!!!

Additionally, it is interesting that Digg has yet to create a sponsored listing feature. Even PRNewswire and other sites, have done the same.

Luckily their are alternatives to Digg... Like uhm.... let me google this.

Dugg for Digg Throat.

What kind of a pseudonym is that anyways? Did you guys make that up? LOL.

Haha, great article.

 The sooner Google buys Digg the better, the Digg Nazi's have been doing s**t like this for years

From a marketers perspective, this has a solid ROI.  Getting to the homepage of Digg can result in a ton of traffic and inbound links.  Anyone who is one of these paid Diggers, please contact me. I will pay attractive prices based on success.

Not surprised at all... often suspected this practice myself.  Money begets money, especially on the internet.  The big advertisers with deep pockets will always have more money than the little man to make things happen.  From digg to ebay, the list goes on...

The Net is one big commercial from article marketing to sponsored blog posts to bought and paid for testimonials. Unless we're willing to put up with some seriously restrictive regulations, it's not going to change.

The big draw is all that money that people spend on the Net. The big problem is getting noticed when you're one of millions. I haven't and wouldn't buy my way into Digg or anywhere else, but I do use article marketing. Chump that I am, I actually try to write articles that inform and - on my blog - I even write posts that give away information I could sell.

If I have to compete with bogus but powerful Diggs I might as well fold my tent. However, I do wonder what happens when people buy the product that the merchandiser has to buy Diggs to promote. If it's as sleazy as their "ad campaigns", perhaps buying Diggs won't be as popular somewhere down the road.

All the best,

Eb

I'm a newbie (with good content).  So, I do find this enlightening.  Disheartening.  Discouraging.....

They should be banned. But, good luck finding them.