Chris Hooley’s -ThinkBait-

I haven’t logged into Digg for a few weeks, so I thought I would see what the YTMs are buzzing about these days. Saw a story I liked, clicked the digg button, it prompted for log in, then boom. There it is. A big ugly red error mesage saying my user account has been disabled due to misuse.

Now I am not by any means a big digger. I don’t really respond to those group digg requests that SEOs are now infamous for (don’t have the time, and sometimes don’t have the interest) . I occasionally digg up a story I like, and I never submit stories. I use it very sparingly, as an actual user. Not an SEO.

So why the Hell am I banned from using Digg? Is it because I talk about search optimization on my blog? Is it because I digg stories from other SEOs friends when I see them? Is it a glitch?

I have no idea. I sent a message to support@digg.com and got no response.

So this got me thinking… and you know what I came up with? F*#% Digg. F*#% iPhone stories. F*#% ubuntu. F*#% Kevin Rose. F*#% Democrats, Republicans, Green Party Ists, Separatists, Leftists, Rightists, Centerists, Photoshop crap, Ajax, and whatever else these punk kids deem worthy.

Digg has roughly 60% of the traffic it generated in December 2006 for a reason. Maybe it has something to do with the fact they ban people for who they are. I am an SEO, not a spammer. I’ve never spammed Digg or misused my account. I am now an internet user who USED TO use digg to find stories I might like.