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Re: Digg Bans Company That Blatantly Sells Diggs

nigger — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:57:39 -0000

niggers

Re: Digg Bans Company That Blatantly Sells Diggs

Michael — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:34:05 -0000

Digg bans Top Ten Lists: http://ninecents.net/2008/1...

Re: Digg Bans Company That Blatantly Sells Diggs

dan — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:21:15 -0000

stupid digg... they canâ€™t ever entirely stop thisâ€¦

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ntopics — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:27:04 -0000

You hear how Digg votes are controlled in many ways.
This is going to be interesting to see how Digg
works with the influence of this new company
controlling votes.

thanks from tony

Re: Digg Bans Company That Blatantly Sells Diggs

Rob Scott — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:17:51 -0000

Importantly, though, do you guys actually moderate comments - there's some, erm, off topic stuff above (definition: total spam).

Re: Digg Bans Company That Blatantly Sells Diggs

Jon Kepler — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:27:27 -0000

Wow! People actually pay that? I had no idea prices were that high; sounds like a pretty lucrative business.

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Jose Mendonca — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:29:09 -0000

I wonder what they can do... they can ban the users, but the company did not had to accept the TOS of digg, so, unless the accounts are theirs, again, what can Digg do?

Besides, digg is already influenced by the big fish.

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facebook junkie — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:46:58 -0000

They sure took their time doing this, It's a clear violation of TOS...

Re: Digg Bans Company That Blatantly Sells Diggs

Shaun — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:29:46 -0000

IANAL but to have a reasonable chas at making a case Digg only need to...
A.) prove that employees of the usocial signed their terms of service and are violating those terms at the direction of usocial.
B.) claim the Digg users being paid by the company are de facto employees.

I bet even further than some of those vote are using automated false accounts, which most likely also violate the terms.

Recent (and IMHO unfortunate) case law in the USA has shown that terms of service violation can possibly be prosecuted very aggressively.

If usocial is not located in the USA, Digg could have a considerably more hard time with this.

Re: Digg Bans Company That Blatantly Sells Diggs

J. Acai — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:16:05 -0000

How many companies are selling diggs without stupidly broadcasting it?

Re: Digg Bans Company That Blatantly Sells Diggs

n4th4n — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:03:14 -0000

the company is run by a very smug looking individual in brisbane, where i live. stories which deserve to be dug should get them, not someone with the most money to buy popularity!!!!!!

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Justin Bean — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:40:31 -0000

Ha Ha stupid digg. I think its funny.

www.anonweb.net.tc

Re: Digg Bans Company That Blatantly Sells Diggs

rodel — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:38:28 -0000

mmmmm.. a very lucrative business model.. hehhee worth the clone! lol!

Re: Digg Bans Company That Blatantly Sells Diggs

Dan — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 05:53:14 -0000

Digg knows that they canâ€™t ever entirely stop this....

Re: Digg Bans Company That Blatantly Sells Diggs

Justin — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 05:46:35 -0000

Just checked out the site, on an average they charge $1 per digg. They wont stop a profitable venture. Best they would do is dumping the domain.

Re: Digg Bans Company That Blatantly Sells Diggs

nigger — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:55:26 -0000

niggers

they cant touch those mother fuckers... that company didnt agree to digg's terms... digg's users did

digg's fight is with the users who are buying into this

more power to companies who fight bullshit like digg

digg - d + black = nigger!

Re: Digg Bans Company That Blatantly Sells Diggs

Abhijith Babu — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:49:14 -0000

This is good

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Dave — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:09:57 -0000

Doesn't seem to me to be hugely different from Max Clifford-style PR - if you got the money to get on the front page, if you got enough dazzle-razzle to blind viewers to your lack of substance, you just might make it...

Re: Digg Bans Company That Blatantly Sells Diggs

Jon Kepler — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:34:42 -0000

Digg knows that they can't ever entirely stop this. However, it's probably of benefit to them to attempt to show the public that they're "serious" about maintaining the integrity of their voting system.

Re: Digg Bans Company That Blatantly Sells Diggs

Anderson — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:09:37 -0000

That C&D is worthless. Digg basically said that has a problem with its users, that the users are breaking the ToS. The site is legitimate. The users aren't.

Re: Digg Bans Company That Blatantly Sells Diggs

Alvaris Falcon — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:40:03 -0000

a brave website and a good challenge for Digg to solve these problems.

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Barry Hurd — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:17:38 -0000

I have to say that this Digg lawyer needs to study his law books again. Tortious interference is just a big word that has little to do here. If you read the description in the RCW (or even Wikipedia unfortunately) then you can see that rather than have 1 point to prove, there are five points that must be proven.

In this case, Digg has questionable complaint on all five points. Ouch. That means the other side has a 5 to 1 defense ration. Ouch, ouch, ouch.

Re: Digg Bans Company That Blatantly Sells Diggs

Noodles — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:09:48 -0000

The thing is though, the title of this post is a little deceptive. Digg haven't actually banned them, just given them a cease and desist order to stop. I've been reading a little more about usocial.net around the Internet and as far as I can tell, they're still doing business.

I say good luck to them. If they can pull it off, why not?

Re: Digg Bans Company That Blatantly Sells Diggs

Anrkist — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:23:29 -0000

I like how the site is a smorgasbord of Web 2.0 cliches.

Glass Buttons? Check. Gradients? Check. Starburst Sticker? Check. Lack of Serifs? Check. In Your Face Font? Check.

That's based on the screenshot alone. If I wasn't so lazy, I would visit the site and find more.

Re: Digg Bans Company That Blatantly Sells Diggs

Ntino — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:59:08 -0000

yeah, but if that's a company in China how are they gonna shut them down ?