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DP Digg Exchanges Got Me Banned From Digg

Discussion in 'Social Networks' started by matt608@, Aug 23, 2007.

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    A few days ago I started a digg exchange in the freebies section on DP. While I knew it could be risky, people do this all the time and seem to get away with it.

    Due to my submission being perfect digg material as well as the exchange I recieved 26 diggs in less than 30mins only to be banned from digg.

    Do you think an end to these exchanges is needed? If I was banned because my page was actually heading for page1, then that means all the other digg trades are worthless. Thankfully my IP wasn't blocked so I created another account, although I still lost the 700+ friends I had.

    I wrote a blog post with all the details here
    http://bloggingfingers.com/blog-marketing/banned-from-diggcom/
     
    matt608@, Aug 23, 2007 IP
  2. brizzad

    brizzad Well-Known Member

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    Of course the exchanges need to stop. Digg exchanges all over webmaster forums are starting to ruin digg and fill it with crap. I'm glad they've got a good enough system in place to catch this stuff.
     
    brizzad, Aug 23, 2007 IP
  3. ErectADirectory

    ErectADirectory Guest

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    I'm not into straight exchanges as it reminds me too much of link farms ... there are trails everywhere.

    If you want to be more "stealthly" about things you would work out some kind of code and do these exchanges through IRC or a private chat room. You might make it harder for them to catch you.
     
    ErectADirectory, Aug 23, 2007 IP
  4. SEMSpot

    SEMSpot Peon

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    Have to remember that all these social bookmarking sites have admins who read this and many other forums like DP to keep up with these exchanges as well. I am not sure where to look on IRC, but if anyone knows of marketing related channels please let me know which network it is on.

    Steve
     
    SEMSpot, Aug 23, 2007 IP
  5. sundaybrew

    sundaybrew Numerati

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    Are you really surprised about this ?

    Doesn't cheating always have a negative result in the end?
     
    sundaybrew, Aug 23, 2007 IP
  6. populartemplate

    populartemplate Banned

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    Biggest problem is that people are posting the direct url the the dig page on here, and when someone clicks on it from this forum and diggs, they can easily go back and see the referrals, and see that you were exchanging diggs.
     
    populartemplate, Aug 24, 2007 IP
  7. Glen

    Glen Peon

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    What do you expect? Seriously.
     
    Glen, Aug 24, 2007 IP
  8. Sejje

    Sejje Banned

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    Use tinyurl when posting it, do a few at a time not that many at once and you should be fine.
     
    Sejje, Aug 24, 2007 IP
  9. webcosmo

    webcosmo Notable Member

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    Looks like Digg is really monitoring the links that get highly digged.
     
    webcosmo, Aug 24, 2007 IP
  10. Sem-Advance

    Sem-Advance Notable Member

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    People steal deal drugs and much more....they get away with it for a while :rolleyes:

    Anytime you attempt to cheat you set yourself up for the consequences.

    Don't do the crime if you can't do the time :cool:

    I wonder if the mods will give your self promoting blog posting a no follow tag like they do others....
     
    Sem-Advance, Aug 24, 2007 IP
  11. mbfootball47

    mbfootball47 Well-Known Member

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    good news for digg readers
     
    mbfootball47, Aug 24, 2007 IP