Banned from Digg.com after spamming my forum using vBSEO links

[BigJimTheLug]

Originally Posted by Code Monkey

Search engines are there to index your threads and posts. Social bookmarking sites are there for a whole different reason. And it is within their rites to protect their product from those that wish to manipulate it. Just like google bans sites for trying to manipulate it's results, so do these new sites like Digg, Furl and others. Nature of the game. Wearing a black hat is always risky business.

Can you tell me the reason "social sites" are there for?
It is beyond my grasp at the moment.

I thought "social sites" were there to "help increase site awareness."

Obviously, I was wrong. And maybe I should not have dug all those threads as "digging a lot of different threads is considered spam." But when you have "civilized beings" such as those found on this picture, purposely trying to ban me proof )

There is a problem.

I found a ton of false complaints and I know I didn't do anything wrong. All I did was use Digg.com, vbseo, and my forum to their full advertising capacity; even though I don't think this point of advertising exist. But I have screen shots to prove members purposely attacked me, and Digg's TOS look like they were written by a three year-old. In short, I'm awaiting on a reply from the abuse department as me and my forum have been abused and falsely accused by Digg.com members and subsequently, staff.


I know there are other sites, but it gets annoying having to modify the postbit every time.

I have dollars to make....

Originally Posted by DChapman

One of my forums got banned for the exact same reason. I don't hold it against vBSEO though, I commend them for their forward thinking. A few rogue members on my forum are the ones who ruined it.

Rather than complain to Digg, I have decided to take a different route...

Do you have proof people where purposely trying to ban you and coming after you? I do.

That's why I'm complaining.


What route did you take?

Personally, my route is to give a laptop to the first person who reaches 100,000 post along with other incentives. (Of course, they have to be within Google's TOS, and those are very vague)