How to Abuse the New DiggBar for Fun and Profit

{ Posted on Apr 03 2009 by admin }

Rule Number one of operating a web 2.0 user generated content website, if you don’t have someone involved in your development process who thinks about how to abuse the system, and put steps in place to prevent it, someone else will publish a handy step by step guide on how to abuse your system … In case you missed the news yesterday Digg announced the new URL shortner/digg bar. What the tool does is frame your website, notice the diggbar at the top in the screen shot below: In case you weren’t able to figure it out or are a web 2.0 weenie , this was done to artifically inflate user metrics.

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How to Abuse the New DiggBar for Fun and Profit

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