Latest Digg Gaming Schemer Isn’t Ashamed of Himself
This is hillarious. uSocial.net (link omitted on purpose) is a site that sells votes on social media sites such as Digg, Reddit, and Yahoo Buzz. It’s been around for a couple of months, and it works like this: you pay them money, they make sure your story on one or more of these sites receives a large number of votes (and subsequently, lots of traffic). And, of course, this violates the terms of service on most social media sites.
Digg gaming has been done many times before, and normally I’d just skip the "news" and let this site rot with all the other social media gaming schemes.
However, what struck me as interesting about this story is the fact that I did not hear about uSocial from a tipster; I’ve received a press release, which doesn’t hide any names - quite the contrary. From the horse’s mouth:
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