Simon Owens has an excellent post over at Bloggasm, The Politics of Digg.  He gives an indepth analysis of how top “Diggers” use and/or game Digg to get high rankings.  It involves a helluva lot.  Relationship building.  Timing.  Persistance.  Free time.

It’s very much now a quid-pro-quo environment.  It’s people developing relationships over time to help one another’s Diggs.  While that may be obvious, the point is that for the top people on Digg, it has become IMPERATIVE for long term success.