DISQUS

Here's a great way to get banned (trust me) because it will LOOK like script activity, which has happened to me. Let me preface this by saying that I don't "game" the system, I just have had a philosophical disagreement with Digg since they tightened the algorithm. I believe that EVERYONE should have a voice, and be heard by the masses, where they can quickly be shouted down (buried) or championed (dugg).

Load multiple pages from new submissions and digg every one. You can EASILY digg a thousand stories a day. Digg will look at the activity and ban you for "suspected" use of a script.

As to the banning of some users and not others who HAVE used scripts, and have ADMITTED to Digg that they used scripts, this constitutes unequal application of contractual obligations (you enter a contract when you agree to the TOS, and Digg is duty bound to apply the terms of the contract to everyone in exactly the same way), which in effect invalidates the contract itself (TOS). By virtue of U.C.C., they have breached their own contract and have left themselves open to a class-action lawsuit whereupon users who have been banned for ANY reason can sue for damages for lost time invested, etc.

Regardless of whether or not there is a clause that they can, at their sole discretion, decide to ban (or not ban) a user if they violate the TOS, the courts look at past performance and the overall pattern of how they respond to violations in making a determination.

This is what happens when Jay and Kevin think that their MIT degrees make them qualified as CEOs and legal experts.

It was a stopgap measure to buy a little time, but I don't think the revolt was squashed at all, just postponed until either a) Jay & Kev think better of the situation and dial the algorithm down or b) the boycott is retabled and put into action.