Unity '08 Engages in digg Gaming Campaign

I'm not sure how I got on their mailing list, but I am. This morning I received this;

Dear XXXXX,

Technology is not only about creating solutions that will allow us to achieve our goals, it also about taking advantage of the tools that already exist. Digg.com is a place where people discover and share news that they have found or created online. Members at their site "digg" the articles that are posted and those that receive the most "diggs" percolate to the top of the social ranking system.

This is a valuable web site for us to leverage, with the potential to bring in many more members to our movement. We've posted a link to the non-member version of the current American Agenda vote and we'd like for all of you to go there and "digg" it.

Take 10 minutes to make us the top "digg" and drive more members to Unity08!

It's very easy to "digg" an article:

1. Click here to visit the article.
2. Then, on that page, click "digg it" under the yellow box next to the headline.
3. Next, click "Join Digg" if you aren't already a member.
4. If you are joining, then confirm your account by clicking the link in the email they have sent to you.
5. To go back to the Unity08 article, click here.
6. Finally, click "digg it!" next to the article about Unity08.
7. Watch the digg number go up by one!

In the future, when we have unique items to promote using digg, we'll ask you to go there and "digg" them. We hope that you enjoy this new site!

Happy digging,

Robert Bingham
CEO

PS: We've nearly completed sending our invitations for members to participate in the first vote on the American Agenda. We'll be posting results in the near future.

This message was sent to XXXXXXX. Visit your subscription management page to modify your email communication preferences or update your personal profile. To stop ALL email from Unity08 - Center, click to remove yourself from our lists (or reply via email with "remove or unsubscribe" in the subject line).

Well, Robert, you apparently don't realize who you sent your message to. This is the kind of bullshit that is driving digg into the ground. digg is a site for people to share interesting news and interweb weirdness, not a publicity tool. I am tired of everyone and their mother using digg for their own selfish purposes with no regard towards the spirit of digg or the community. So now, you get the bury. Each and every time.

Go buy some advertising, and keep your spammers off of digg.

YFBFB