I think it’s an interesting question. If you wrote something, you presumably found some value in the topic, so it seems legit to Digg it.

If you were a commercial news site, I’d call it astroturfing, but if it’s a blog… it’s hard to draw the line.

/. would probably (I’d guess) not publish stories that appear to be the author looking for exposure in the first place, but I think that’s an advantage of Digg as well as being potentially exploitable!

Anyway, I don’t hold digging your own stories against you. If you didn’t, who would?

(I’m sure it’s not like telling a funny joke, then wearing an “I am funny” T-shirt around for days afterwards).

I realised as well that digging all my articles wasnt ethical and also dumb as all that happened was the poor ones didn’t get enough Diggs (which was a bit embarassing!). Now, I only digg articles that I think other people will be interested in, in order to see what other people’s views are. This is why I started blogging in the first place so I think it’s a valid use of Digg. What do you think?

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