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We are almost there. It is about time to publish an interview I conducted a while ago with a top Digg user. If you are active in the Digg community, chances are you voted on his/her submissions. I conducted this interview a little while ago but did not want to publish it because I felt that it acknowledged many of the hidden actions of top Digg users. I didn’t know if I should illuminate these actions and had mix feelings about it. I am also sure that we will get a lot of heat for publishing it, which made me hesitate as well.
The interview that will make some of the top Digg users very upset
Instead of telling you more about the interview, I will let you read few of the questions I asked:
- So, as one of Digg active and powerful users, what kind of services have been able to provide to outside companies?
- How much do you charge for these services?
- Is it typical of the top Digg users to provide services or charge for them?
- Do you feel like you are cheating the Digg community?
So, why publish the story at this point?
Because we are officially banned from Digg. I guess that is what happens when you publish a report titled “Breaking the Digg Code.â€
Here is the response you get when try to submit a story from Invesp to Digg:
![clip_image002[4]](http://www.invesp.com/blog/images/blog-images/clip-image00243.jpg "clip_image002[4]")
The sad part is that I am sure no one from Digg ever read the report. There is nothing in it that encourages spamming Digg.
But do you think that matters?
Here is the email I sent to Digg support:
Hello,
A couple of users told me that our site (invesp.com) has been banned from Digg. When I tried to submit a story from the site, I got the following error
“This URL has been widely reported by users as being regularly used to spam Digg’s submission process and cannot be submitted at this time.â€
I am not sure how or why our site would reported as such. We have only been active members of the community. I would greatly appreciate your help in resolving this issue.
And of course, in their infinite wisdom, support responded promptly with a standard text:
Because unblocking your domain would not be in line with the best interests of the larger Digg community, we will not reverse this decision.
Do you think we were banned because we admitted we helped other companies promote their content on Digg? Is it even smart to admit that we did that? Many of the SEO/ SEM companies provide similar services. So, who knows the real reason?
So, when is the interview going to be published?
This interview will be published sometime in the next couple of weeks. The main reason I am holding off on pushing it earlier is to make sure the top user we interviewed is okay with publishing it.
Stay Tuned!
Update: We will publish the full interview Tuesday 9/4/2008. Get more details here.
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