So, you know submitting articles to digg can bring hordes of traffic to your site. You know it’s relatively easy to amass a few hundred friends by adding everyone you come across and you’re probably aware that you can spam the crap out of your friends using “shouts”. These are some of the tools you have at your disposal as a member of digg’s community but in order to truly be a success on digg, you’ll need more than a spammer mentality and a blog especially if you’re looking to get that zerg diggrush of traffic to your submission’s site.

The following five tips should help you become a successful, contributing member of the digg community:

1. Stop digging every story you come across.

This is a community website based on the collective interests of the masses (in this case, geeks). Don’t ruin that by digging the duplicate’s duplicate of the “COOLNESS” Motivator, the (coolest guy to ever exist) guy with four-popped collars for the 43892174 time. Acclimate yourself to the community and digg what you really like! Gaming the community takes away from what’s so great about it in the first place, being able to see what the collective consciousness is really interested in, whether that’s a breaking news story, new mac, speculations on the next batman movie, gorgeous chick, or another god-awful meme in the making.

2. Stop adding everyone.

You’re watering down the community and contributing to the spammer behavior that’s run rampant. Add people you share interests with, people that leave the comment you would’ve left had you arrived at the submission earlier. You’re far more likely to receive shouts that are relative to your interests from a person you share interests with, which in turn leaves you more likely to receive diggs on your submissions. It’s give and take whether you like it or not, so do yourself (and the community) a favor, take the time to do it right.

3. Don’t leave spam comments.

We’re aware you probably just found the most profound, hilarious, front-page-worthy article/vid/image evar (that you cited and moved to your ad-filled-spam-blog) but we don’t want to see you link spamming it in the comments on our “Sarah Palin Has Seven-Armed Mutant-Child Born From Satan’s Seed” – it’s in poor taste. Leave a comment that’s witty, snarky, intelligent, or even a (very well placed) meme joke – something that’ll make people want to add you for your amazing commenting abilities or at least your ability not to look like a total asshole.

4. Participation is key.

If you want to make a name for yourself or your submissions on digg, you need to participate and by participate, I don’t mean digg 8942378945 stories, I mean be an active contributor to the site’s content. Find your niche or clique and start submitting, commenting and socializing with like-minded individuals. If you’re on digg for the purpose of trolling or spamming, better make a few sock-puppet accounts because the sites moderators will not hesitate to ban you (I know from experience).

5. Stop shouting at me.

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Seriously. If you shout at me one more time about Ron Paul’s Parrot Reciting The Constitution After Discovering The Cure to Cancer While Riding a Beagle Backwards Through a Mac Factory, I’ll shit bricks. Keep your shouts to a minimum. I know you’re excited about the pic you found of an Kevin Rose doing surgery on a pregnant Albino Penguin but if I’m interested I’ll check it out when I get around to it. Your submission and shout will not disappear but if you keep shouting, you’re going to be un-friendified faster than a Google Announcement reaches the Front-page, that’s no bullshit.

“Dear Friends,

This afternoon, at approximately 5 p.m. (EDT), the Clerk of the House of Representatives will give the first reading of the Article of Impeachment of President George Bush. Article One charges the President with deceiving Congress with fabricated threats of Iraq WMDs to fraudulently obtain support for an authorization of the use of military force against Iraq.

Once the Clerk reads the bill, I will move to refer the bill to the Judiciary Committee for hearings. I believe the American people have a right to an open airing of the charges against this President. Did he or did he not lie to take us into a war? I believe the evidence is overwhelming that President Bush knew that Iraq was not an imminent threat, was not in possession of WMDs at the time, and had nothing to do with 911 or with al Queda’s role in 911. And yet, despite having facts to the contrary, he took the U.S. into war with devastating consequences for our troops, our nation, and the people of Iraq. Congress must hold hearings.

There can be no greater offense of a President or a Commander in Chief than to conjure a war based on lies to Congress, to the troops, and to the people of America.

I love our country with all my heart and I intend to persist until America is America again.

Please contact your friends and neighbors and ask them to go to our website at www.kucinich.us and sign the impeachment petition. Thank you for your continuing support and for your love of our country and its people.

Sign the petition.

Sincerely,

Dennis”

Opening October 17, the video game adaptation stars Mark Wahlberg, Chris O’Donnell, Beau Bridges, Ludacris, Mila Kunis, Donal Logue and Amaury Nolasco. Max Payne tells the story of a maverick cop determined to track down those responsible for the brutal murder of his family and partner. Hell-bent on revenge, his obsessive investigation takes him on a nightmare journey into a dark underworld. As the mystery deepens, Max (Wahlberg) is forced to battle enemies beyond the natural world and face an unthinkable betrayal.”

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I’m going to put this all together and make it easy to do something… even if it does feel like an exercise in futility, at least we’re doing something…

Email them at: senate.gov/general/contact_information

Here’s a list of the senators that approved the Act:

Alexander(R-TN)
Allard(R-CO)
Barrasso(R-WY)
Baucus(D-MT)
Bayh(D-IN)
Bennett(R-UT)
Bond(R-MO)
Brownback(R-KS)
Bunning(R-KY)
Burr(R-NC)
Carper(D-DE)
Casey(D-PA)
Chambliss(R-GA)
Coburn(R-OK)
Cochran(R-MS)
Coleman(R-MN)
Collins(R-ME)
Conrad(D-ND)
Corker(R-TN)
Cornyn(R-TX)
Craig(R-ID)
Crapo(R-ID)
DeMint(R-SC)
Dole(R-NC)
Domenici(R-NM)
Ensign(R-NV)
Enzi(R-WY)
Grassley(R-IA)
Gregg(R-NH)
Hagel(R-NE)
Hatch(R-UT)
Hutchison(R-TX)
Inhofe(R-OK)
Inouye(D-HI)
Isakson(R-GA)
Johnson(D-SD)
Kohl(D-WI)
Kyl(R-AZ)
Landrieu(D-LA)
Lieberman(ID-CT)
Lincoln(D-AR)
Lugar(R-IN)
Martinez(R-FL)
McCain(R-AZ)
McCaskill(D-MO)
McConnell(R-KY)
Mikulski(D-MD)
Murkowski(R-AK)
Nelson(D-FL)
Nelson(D-NE)
Pryor(D-AR)
Roberts(R-KS)
Rockefeller(D-WV)
Salazar(D-CO)
Sessions(R-AL)
Shelby(R-AL)
Smith(R-OR)
Snowe(R-ME)
Specter(R-PA)
Stevens(R-AK)
Sununu(R-NH)
Thune(R-SD)
Vitter(R-LA)
Voinovich(R-OH)
Warner(R-VA)
Webb(D-VA)
Whitehouse(D-RI)
Wicker(R-MS)

Here’s a rough draft I worked out of the comments (thanks for the help):

“The leadership of the United States of America has committed high crimes and treason against the American people. Here is my list of charges against the Democrats and Republicans in the Senate and White House:

1) Used false and misleading intelligence to start wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
2) Have violated the Constitution by holding US citizens without charges.
3) Have violated the Constitution by tapping our calls without warrants.
4) Have violated the Geneva Conventions by waging wars of aggression for profit.
5) Have violated the Geneva Conventions by torturing enemy combatants in Abu Ghraib.

It absolutely blows me away that you could approve the FISA Amendments Act. The disgusting abuse of power and rampant corruption in this once great republic has gone too far. How could you support such a thing?

Is there no end to this madness? Does anyone “up there” care about the future of this country and its people at all?”

- ask for a reply.

Another sad day in the history of America. Damn shame…

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