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title: "Digg Black Market"
date: 2006-10-02
author: "Richard MacManus"
categories:
  - name: "ReadWriteWeb"
    url: "/category/readwriteweb.md"
tags:
  - name: "2006"
    url: "/tag/2006.md"
---

# Digg Black Market

I guess this is a sign of the times – a site dedicated to gaming digg, called [User/Submitter](https://web.archive.org/web/20110519142115/http://www.usersubmitter.com/). But there’s no reason such a site couldn’t exist for del.icio.us, or stumbleupon, or netscape – or any site that relies on voting. Needless to say, I hope this site gets squashed ASAP – it’s at the same pond scum level as the [RSS Ripoff Merchants](https://web.archive.org/web/20110519142115/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/rss_ripoff_merc_1.php), in my book…

On the ‘Submit’ page, it states:

> “Cost: $20, plus $1 per Digg. After completing the form below, you will be taken to PayPal. Once your PayPal payment is received, your Digg submission will be given to User/Submitter users to promote on Digg.com. User/Submitter users are then given the chance to digg your submission and other stories for $0.50. After your submission has reached your desired number of diggs, you will be emailed a report. We cannot guarantee that your submissions will hit the front page of Digg. We reserve the right to reject or cancel any submission for any reason. If User/Submitter is unable to fulfill your requested number of verified diggs within 48 hours, you will be refunded the amount of Diggs paid for but not received within 5 working days. All User/Submitter transactions are private.”

And on the ‘User’ page it has a registration form, plus a note: “Pay-out: $0.50 per Digg.”

No word on how many users they have right now, but looks like it set up shop just recently. I seriously doubt it will work anyway.

*Originally published on ReadWriteWeb ([archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20020204040018/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/digg_blackmarket.php))*