Digg has taken the decision to remove its list of top Diggers from the site. The company says spam and continuing attempts to game the system are the reasons and that there are new developments in the pipeline which will reward the most prolific Diggers in the future. However, speculates Steve Rubel, this could be a tactical error which alienates the community and pushes it into the arms of, say, del.icio.us. Time will tell.

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