Follow-up: they were indeed gaming their own system, however, this was reportedly only for testing/educational purposes http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=183

Follow-up: they were indeed gaming their own system, however, this was reportedly only for testing/educational purposes http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1836318 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1836318 http://about.digg.com/blog/info-site-changes-and-test-accounts http://about.digg.com/blog/info-site-changes-and-test-accoun... http://ltgenpanda.tumblr.com/post/1413193597/in-response-to-the-digg-blog-post http://ltgenpanda.tumblr.com/post/1413193597/in-response-to-...