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Digg is cracking down on those who attempt to game their system. If you happen to be one of those SEO experts who Diggs up about 500 articles in the course of an hour to feed your online empire, you might be in trouble. 901am takes this quote from an SEO discussion board.

Your account was banned for the rate of Digging activity you’ve engaged in. We’ve determined that the time in which your Diggs happen, it isn’t possible to actually read the stories. Please read each and every story before you Digg or bury a story. Once you agree that you will Digg/bury more responsibly and read the stories, we will unban your account.

Kevin Rose later responded with this.

This is extremely rare. We have automated systems that flag abnormal digging behavior (eg. hundreds of diggs in an hour). If the user is banned due to an alarm being set off – in all cases, they are given an opportunity to be re-instated. We strive to keep digg as bot free as possible.

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