Does Digg Have an Automatic Bury Feature?

Michael Gray

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Last night someone submitted a story form my blog to Digg, however when I logged in this morning here’s what I found …

 

 

search for wolf-howlcom

This usually indicates a story has been buried, so I search with the “bury” flag checked and here what I got

search for wolf-howlcom-b

So after getting the amazing quantity of 2 votes I somehow managed to annoy enough users who buried my story … If you don’t think somethings a little fishy I’ve got some Beach Front property in Las Vegas and a lovely Bridge in Brooklyn you might be interested in buying …

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{ 7 comments }

Nick March 19, 2007 at 9:36 am

I’m pretty sure that digg does have a blacklist of both sites and users. Jay Adelson, digg’s CEO, has gone on the record saying that when they find a user who submits spam stories or is considered to be part of a ‘gaming ring’, that they will add them to a list of known cheaters and their diggs will be worthless. I can definitely see the same thing being applied to domains that they have determined to be untrustworthy (not to say that wolf-howl.com or any of the other sites they previously banned are).

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Mike March 19, 2007 at 10:02 am

Automatic bury feature = Digg users with a beef about SEO sites.

Ryan J. Parker March 19, 2007 at 10:21 am

It doesn’t help you’re an SEO blog. Digg hates [SEO] blogs.

mad4 March 19, 2007 at 10:40 am

The point is that how can a site that only gets 2 votes be buried? Who would have buried it?

I have seen many sites get automatically buried. Notice how none of the recently unbanned sites have reached the front page since the ban was lifted.

The argument is becoming disturbingly like the Google sandbox debate.

Brandon Hopkins March 20, 2007 at 2:02 pm

Hey, doesn’t one of the casino’s in Vegas have a little beach by the pool? Maybe Digg buriers are hanging out there…

Alister Cameron, Blogologist March 20, 2007 at 8:19 pm

Seems like most of the online marketing world is trying to build up the community/ies over at Bumpzee, where seo/aff stuff is welcomed.

There are posts around the place promoting Bumpzee over Digg for this or that reason. Time will tell.

Jenn Sierra July 6, 2007 at 1:50 pm

Another reason Digg might be having problems? Seems the “Diggers” don’t have as much authority on Digg as one might think. Update: http://forthardknox.com/?p=236

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