No idea what happened, but all articles from this site are now auto-buried by Digg. Now, they don't call this a ban because they want to maintain the idea that they are a site created by the users. Banning a site might create a backlash of publicity (not from my trickling of readers, but there are some large sites that have received the same treatment).
I've contacted Digg for clarification but from what I've read, they are unlikely to even reply.
I did find some interesting links of others that have had the same problem. Interesting reading if you, like me, believed Digg to be a user generated site. On the bright side, I'll be ditching the annoying clutter of the Digg button.
Swollenpickles.com - Defacto Dig Ban
Forevergeek.com - Digg Corrupted: Editor's Playground
Toprankblog.com - Digg Hypocrisy
Those three are enough to give you the gist of the story. Heck, I could post dozens of links to people who've been banned. Some, obviously spammers, but many small time bloggers like myself that don't understand what has gone wrong. Google "Digg ban" if you like to see dozens of examples.
Here's a tutorial for how to use Digg's own system to ban a site you don't like, even. Unbelievable.
Wolf-howl.com - How to be a Dirty Digger
Hopefully the Digg folks will get back to me so I can find out what caused this. Wouldn't shock me if an anti-pokerbot contingent spammed Digg with complaints.
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