More than 50 Digg users banned - again!
You may return from a vacation, like optimusprime01 (Away Till End Of October) when something hits you direct in the head -You are banned from Digg, man!
No page profile - the only thing that pops out is announcement: “What you are looking for, isn’t here.”
…. WTH is then, if it isn’t here???!!! WTF is my profile? WTF is my page??? WTF, OMG, … and so on and so on… these and many more thought might storm through your mind….
Just because of one reason (and I think you know): SCRIPT USE!
If you were using scripts, my dear Digg Friend, you shouldn’t be as surprised as one might think. Ban spree on Digg.com is not a fresh news and supposedly Digg.com has no mercy. Or as Kevin Rose put it in one of the videos: “I don’t care whether is top user or the millionth user. If you are using scripts, you will be banned.”
And they were…
I am just wondering: were they banned because they used to use scripts or these users continued to use scripts even after the big fuss on Digg (when top users like DiggBoss, Zaibatsu etc.. were banned). If they did - very brave indeed, my friends!
However, if they used to digg with scripts, but stopped violating Digg TOS, personally I see no reason for banning them.
Then again, I hope they will keep the dignity and not come out with the lamest excuse such as… Oh, I didn’t know using scripts is agains Digg TOS.
Here is the list of 50 and more lucky winners that were banned:
- abhim12
- akpwnzz
- alexander13
- alllo
- americanpyscho
- CassyEli
- charbarred
- cosmikdebris
- Crackerpat
- craig081785
- D14BL0
- DCapps
- dreams800
- FamilyGuyFan
- guerresoanthony
- HapSnappy
- hilariobarbosa
- Inthenameofmine
- iraq
- jaybuster
- jefflombardo
- jfreshbloomer
- jordankasteler
- LewP
- lordhuggington1
- MarkusGarvey
- Mathieugothax
- mejaredme
- miriad
- MissPoker
- mpind176
- NeoConSlayer
- noupe
- obeezy
- Odenized
- optimusprime01
- PauloAlbini
- peetys
- petsheep
- PMG2007
- queenmoweeny
- rtknox00
- SocialBanner
- socialuser
- starfocus03
- supernova17
- sweetnothing
- tamar
- ToeCracker
- umarboy
- WWMD
If you have some more information about who was banned and why, please comment.
October 4th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
See the Digg Graveyard to see the full list of the top 1000 diggers who have been buried/banned.
http://socialblade.com/digg/topgraveyard.html
RIP
October 4th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
BAN THE BABY!!!! BAN THE BABY!!!!
October 4th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
RIghtHand - returned as ratcatcher
MarkusGarvey has returned as MarkusNotSure
October 4th, 2008 at 9:47 pm
I was also banned yesterday, user name OneStepAhead. For script usage. Very rarely used them though.. gotta say i was surpirsed to find myself banned when i stopped using them after i saw the fuss digg was making about it. Only script i was using was one that allowed me to digg stuff from my shouts page.
October 4th, 2008 at 11:02 pm
It’s a relief to finally be banned. See my write-up about it.
http://lewp.wordpress.com/2008/10/04/im-banned-from-digg-big-deal/
October 5th, 2008 at 7:15 am
Banned too ! haha .
i was a good user Dugg : 15000 .
October 5th, 2008 at 10:59 am
I was akpwnz, got banned with the first batch, came back as akpwnzz, got banned for “trying to circumvent a previous ban”.
I asked: “so even if I no longer use scripts, I will get banned because I was banned one time for using scripts”?
Digg is a joke - made a new account and hit the front page that very same day just to spite them. I’m over that site now though.
October 5th, 2008 at 11:57 am
They also ban people for expressing conservative views *WITHIN* their ToS . . . like most lefties, the only “Freedom of Speech” they support is that which echoes the leftist drivel.
October 5th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
Lew P whined too much.
D14BLO was a waste of time with stupid diggs.
Obeezy was an Obama spammer.
Cosmetikdebris, let it rest.
Crackerpat is a side killer.Missed.
Petsheep is missed.
american psycho was bright mind bender. missed.
Family guy was a bud. missed.
noupe spammer.
umar spammer too.
akpwnzz good man.miissed.
optimus prime, opinionated. missed.
October 5th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
I too, got banned, but I am not on this list. I was banned on Friday morning.
October 5th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
Funny how Bobo spews opinions without giving his real name…chicken shit.
October 5th, 2008 at 8:04 pm
Oddly enough, a lot of the people who were recently banned showed up as blind diggers on humanorbot.com and claimed that they weren’t using scrips.
October 5th, 2008 at 8:17 pm
I was banned, and I think it was by mere association. Most of the people I was mutual friends with were known script-users, so I think they just cleared the whole lot of us who had a decent popularity ratio and were all in the same friend network.
Sucks, but they’re not going to listen. I registered a new account and am trying again. If they pull this crap again, then I’m going to just give up on Digg for good.
October 5th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
This sucks, I’m not waiting for them to ban any more of my friends. I enjoy Mixx and able2know more than digg these days, so I’m done with digg.
October 5th, 2008 at 10:13 pm
Proud script and automation user (heck, vendor!), got banned 10 seconds (faster than a digg page load!) after front paging a story.
The good news is, I guess, that this helped us re-direct our premium (money, boys!) section of our site towards analytics rather than automation. Which is a better competitive advantage for us, if somewhat less, well, exciting than digg p0wning automation.
-OT
October 11th, 2008 at 9:29 am
I’ve been using scripts and OliverTaco’s automation tools on Digg and have yet to get banned. Fortunately I’ve never abused these tools or scripts, so maybe this is why I am not banned. In any case, I will cease using the Shout Page Digg Button script right away.
October 12th, 2008 at 10:03 am
[...] Digg.com for supposed script usage. Well, as it turns out, I wasn’t alone. It appears that Digg also banned over fifty more of us at the same time. None of us received any warning. No second chances. Hell, even trying to email [...]
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