A couple of Digg‘s most loyal users have been banned because they’ve apparently taken money for posting articles. Along with instances of phony articles appearing, it seems as if Digg has had its hands full containing some of the mayhem that comes along with having a substantial effect on a site’s ad revenue.
While many users are well-intentioned, one must always be on the lookout for people taking advantage of an open social network, especially if the reputation of your publication is involved.
Here are links to Digg’s top users and to their terms of service.
By lucasgrindley.com blog | Exploring the new way for journalism December 29, 2006 - 9:17 am
Top 10 blogs I read…
The much anticipated lucasgrindley.com blogroll debuts today. During the last couple months, I’ve used the “most visited” tool from del.icio.us to monitor the blogs I frequent. As a result, the blogs are listed in order of how often I visit……