Valleywag
It sounds like a cyberpunk comedy: spammers, probably working out of Bangladesh, coin it on the complexes of overweight American geeks with bad teeth. Spammers have been seeding Digg with linkbait such as weight-loss tips, and funneling visitors through to dental care sites that pay a large bounty for referrals. For the forensic web investigation, read Niall Kennedy's lengthy exposition. For shallow, sexed-up summaries, keep visiting Valleywag.
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How Bangladeshi spammers play Digg
It sounds like a cyberpunk comedy: spammers, probably working out of Bangladesh, coin it on the complexes of overweight American geeks with bad teeth. Spammers have been seeding Digg with linkbait such as weight-loss tips, and funneling visitors through to dental care sites that pay a large bounty for referrals. For the forensic web investigation, read Niall Kennedy's lengthy exposition. For shallow, sexed-up summaries, keep visiting Valleywag.
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