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I Bought Votes on Digg »

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A Wired reporter goes under cover to see if she can buy her way to the front page of Digg with User/Submitter. It works.

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coreyspring
March 1, 2007, 7:35 a.m.
Normally I don't give a rat's ass on articles about Digg, but this is a really good one. Also shows you the advantages/disadvantages of groupthink.
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ochs
March 1, 2007, 9:13 a.m.
That better never happen to Netscape. Seriously, what would be the point anymore?
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okitech
March 1, 2007, 1:52 p.m.
if digg does not say something about this........silence is consent and will surely have an adverse impact
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aldomatic
March 1, 2007, 2:47 p.m.
yea they need to come out and speak about this issue..
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BrianJJohnson
March 1, 2007, 5:04 p.m.
i would have dugg it...i like the photos.
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nottinghills
March 1, 2007, 10:57 p.m.
oh, my, this is such laugh. wired is an idiot.
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nottinghills
March 1, 2007, 11:26 p.m.
now they are front page again. lol. http://digg.com/tech_news/Holy_Crap_Wired_Article_