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Here’s the full text of the e-mail from Digg and my response:

Hello R.J.,

Thanks for contacting us at Digg.com. At this time, we are unable to remove the ban on your account.

--Digg Support
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from clickfire 1345 Days ago #
Votes: 1

This seems pretty strict. Guess you have to be accountable not just for the page you submit to but the domain itself.

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from JohnHGohde 1345 Days ago #
Votes: -7

More whining that is not remotely Sphinn worthy.  So, you were banned. Boo Hoo, Boo Hoo!

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from MikeDammann 1345 Days ago #
Votes: -3

Sorry, but I understand Digg’s decision on that one completely.

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from Lyndon 1345 Days ago #
Votes: 1

digg is a corporation and has to watch the bottom line, it’s purpose is to make money. All decisions must ultimately bend to this goal. Although most of the recent bans are clearly against the TOS, Zaibatsu’s ban is clearly in a murky area.Some say digg must not play favourites, bollocks. Of course it must, you put more into the site you should get more respect, full stop. Collaberative social sites MUST reward concientious, and hard working contributors. It’s kind of weird when you think of the people who don’t get banned who are basing their business model around gaming the site, *cough*

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from LtDraper 1343 Days ago #
Votes: 0

Zaibatsu isn’t the only one.  Others at the top look as if they’re gaming the system as well.  Lots of interesting data here:  http://humanorbot.comI had my account banned, started a new acount and it was recently banned.  Their position is that once you’re banned, you can’t start another account, even if you do nothing wrong with it.  There is no forgiveness.  The sad thing is that the new account didn’t do anything against the TOS, it was just associated with someone they didn’t like.

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from MikeDammann 1050 Days ago #
Votes: 0

I have to do this. We cannot plug this up with "I got banned" posts. It’s just as annoying as the threads on forums called "I just got an infraction and don’t think it’s fair".

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