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EbenieRosa, on 10/12/2007, -23/+949I live on Digg man, for about 6 to 7 hours a day usually.

By the way, digg up my comment, it'll make me feel special...infact feel free to comment on my comment, I'll be checking in periodically.
- TimTheEnchanter, on 10/12/2007, -17/+227Dugg up your comment dude.
- bunni, on 10/12/2007, -9/+285Sign #1 - you bury this as a duplicate story.
- kingfoot, on 10/12/2007, -84/+12This is true for me, all but #10...
  
  is that sad?
- UGM2099, on 10/12/2007, -3/+128I'm guilty on nearly all charges. Somehow I still miss stories even though I check Digg constantly.
- tkim91321, on 10/12/2007, -7/+65its ok... if digg didnt exist, i woudl have jumped off the building a long time ago
  
  |D|I|G|G| - My Anti-Drug
- chris9902, on 10/12/2007, -5/+63you reply to the first comment to get noticed!
- treyd, on 10/12/2007, -2/+70even if what you say has nothing to do with the parent post. just like this.
- mysquares, on 10/12/2007, -4/+28i dugg you comment hopeefully you will befriend me ;)
- thunderer, on 10/12/2007, -3/+12I feel disheartened that you don't have a link to your website in your profile.
- titlesaysitall, on 10/12/2007, -3/+47Wow, I pretty much qualify for all of those. I want to see Dr. Phil visit Digg.
- drathosX3, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11..dude, I have to go to ***** rehab...
- saudukargeneral, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4yay, dugg you up. Feel good about yourself :D
- nickerbocker, on 10/12/2007, -0/+34#16 - You create a blog posting about Digg and hope it makes the front page.
- WaterDragon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+44#17: You own a digg tee shirt, and you get a special feeling when you are wearing it.
  #18: When you occasionally read Slashdot, you feel like a junkie trying to kick their digg-habit by using Methadone.
  And, of course, it never seems as good as the real thing!
- lazyrussian, on 10/12/2007, -1/+613 out of 15 aint bad
  #16 - You feel special when your girlfriend/spouse/significant other gets into Digg!
  I know I do!
- Haroldx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7I've done all but making the upcoming fonts larger.
  
  lol
- AriaStar, on 10/12/2007, -16/+5Hi, Im Aria, and I'm a Digg addict.
  
  Something that should be on this list is that you will cut work to be at their beck and call for parties, groups, etc., as I've done. Or you feel dirty for occassionally checking Slashdot. Or feel outright proud that you made a comment that got dugg DOWN over 500 times (seriously! my proudest Digg moment, other than when my first submission hit the front page).
  
  But I don't consider Kevin or Alex to be friends. Meeting Kevin once and otherwise only seeing them on the podcast doesn't make a friend. It makes someone who's cool to watch, but a friend is something more than that. So, except for that....
  
  However, I am still stupidly thrilled at getting a Diggnation bottle opener at their office. Sorry, if that thing weren't so damned cool I'd shut up about it now.
- Hyperreality, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I guess me writing this comment says something about my addiction! "Action speaks louder than words!"
  By the way, dugg EbenieRosa as well! (+ some other comments! lol).
- rjani57, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4thanks a million for confirming my addiction. just a few weeks in and all 15 ring soo...oooo true. need therapy. any offers? pls pls pls guys, don't bury me - makes me suicidal.
- electronaught, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4being addicted to digg is a good thing ... information is power right? ... and we addicts are at least being informed with what's happening in the world ... at least the tech world.. well for me anyways.. there's a lot worse things to be addicted to. shroooms would prob be one of those things. i've never tried...i'm just saying.
- akira117, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Sign 14: I have tons of profile views and I'm not sure why.......but happy that I do! ;7)
  
  Also they should add https to digg so I can view it at work ;7)
  (all sites are blocked except ones having to do with work, https is a way to get around it)
  link to about it for the lazy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Https
- mabhatter, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2they need a "checkup" system like Slashdot... you'd think they'd have those features already.
- rhettnyedotorg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3does it count if i don't actually know kevin but have, fact, met him? That would be the only one i don't score full points on.
- Cerberus047, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1090% of all your bookmarked pages are digg stories.....
- jman8888, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Im on it 6 hrs a day
- Hindu_Wardrobe, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11I've got a great solution for #12
  http://www.headzoo.com/comments.php
  Type in your username, and it'll show the comments. I can't live without this thing.
  Come on, click it! Crash my friend's server! :D
- Perno, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I'm sad when I check Digg and there's nothing new/exciting going on since the last time I checked. Come on people, it's been AT LEAST an hour, something good must have happened somewhere, and I'm sure as hell not going to do the work to find it.
- kligmond, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1One day Digg too shall pass. Until then, Digg on.
- ScuttleEnough, on 10/12/2007, -25/+1***** THE QUEEN
  I EAT YOUR QUEEN
  I ***** YOUR QUEEN
  ***** ***** ***** AND ***** THE ASS OF YOUR QUEEN
  CHALES IS A BITCH
  SITDOWN IN MY PENIS
  SUCK MY SNACK
  
  -- The Phantom Agony
- soccerboi00, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3@Hindu Wardrobe
  Thank you, thats a pretty awesome tool. It'll save me some time from going back and checking on my comments.
- fartingmenace42, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2yep, im addicted to digg
- MusicalGenius, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2How sad that this really does define my life. I can't say much more than it REALLY defines my life. I think only one of those isn't me on there, and sadly it barely misses me by an inch. I feel almost ashamed of myself and proud at the same time.
- flashboy131, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2It's not a habit, it's cool, I feel alright.
- trioxylon, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1This is a reply...
- dtay2827, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1Yeah I have a lot of profile views as well. I don't know why I rarely comment and don't submit stories.
- alexrapo, on 10/12/2007, -5/+1www.uxelements.com
amboy00, on 10/12/2007, -0/+102Oh man! I am so busted. Is there a group meeting for us or something?
- tutivlahos, on 10/12/2007, -6/+104Here we go...
  
  My name is Tutivlahos and I'm a diggaholic.
  
  *everyone*
  
  Hi Tutivlahos!
- oskite, on 10/12/2007, -32/+3What's diggahol?
- JuyLe, on 10/12/2007, -15/+7Hello my name is Julien and I'm an addict, all those signs are true for me, except those about kevin rose... If mom was reading this...
- shinynew, on 10/12/2007, -10/+2Hi I'm an addict and fine with it.
  All of them but, 7 - 9, 12, 14 & 15.
  this is basically the only site I visit very regularly
  I wish there was a better place for the community to meet.
- thekidder, on 10/12/2007, -0/+30@shinynew
  
  Hell yes. Digg needs a forum.
- macbookpromat, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12Hi,
  
  My name is macbookpromat, I started using about a year ago only to get good stories. I finally signed up not too long ago and started digging. When I started I told myself that this wouldn't control my life. I failed. I have come here for help "sniffles".
  
  On another not so retarded note, is it bad to be addicted?
- Nicodascorpio, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Yes. But being adDIGGted is ok. Just remember to wipe your nose, and apply eye drops every 2 hours.
- succubuskiller, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12I did the craziest thing to help my addiction. I edited my "hosts" file in the C:WINDOWSsystem32DRIVERSetc
  
  Made a copy of the original. Then added sites I do not want to get sidetracked on to the current hosts file:
  
  Specifically:
  
  127.0.0.1 www.digg.com
  127.0.0.1 digg.com
  
  Now just rename the file to 'hosts2' anytime you want to view Digg or other 'blocked' sites. Rename it back to go to DNS page or whatever. There is a batch script floating around somewhere on Digg to do this with clicking instead of renaming manually. I haven't used it yet. Will work across IE, FF, Opera etc.
- Lososaurus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Dammit, ANOTHER Digg intervention?
- thetaco82, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Dude, what's the point of blocking Digg in your HOSTS file if you're just going to revert it every time you want to visit? I prefer using the HOSTS file to block sites that I don't want _other_ people going to.
  
  *coughmyspacecough*
- akira117, on 10/12/2007, -5/+1DAA - Digg Addicts anonymous
  Start it at you local church
  (they'll think it's slag for some drug probably)
- TimTheEnchanter, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Hi Tutivlahos!
- Hindu_Wardrobe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@succubuskiller
  lol, I once wrote a program that blocked digg using that method, and had my friend (user Gatesophile) "test" it for me... pissed her off. :)
  But it did inspire me to make a nifty C++ URL blocking proggy. If you want to take a look at it, the source is here: http://nerdiphythesoul.com/crap/sources/QnDUB-0.2.2.cpp
  Forgive me for linking to my own site, but I just felt the need to share some love. :P
- mapkinase, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Yeah, meeting analogous to AA meeting in the pub.
- BigKitty, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@amboy00,
  My name is BigKitty and I'm addicted to DIGG.
  
  @mapkinase,
  Exactly!
EbenieRosa, on 10/12/2007, -19/+6LMAO "Wow, you're cute, need some V1agr3? L1th1um, Pl4ne crashe, Sp05ks@ cum play with me111!!! lol, Ch34p Drugs, all you can eat, Half 0ff, Cow b3lls 5.99." ha ha ha.

hehehe, my point as it may be missed by the masses, this is the Only Article and ONLY post on the Blog made within the month = Spam. Promotion is fine, but there is only one article, Write more stuff, no offense, still though, I Definately do ZDigg the assertations.
- jimi1337, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11Ahem... What ads? I turned AdBlock+ off, specifically to test the validity of your comment, and I could still find no sign of ads. Additionally, the submitter last submitted a story 120 days ago, and it got 4 diggs. Not to mention the fact that he is a graphic designer, and doesn't strike me as the type who supports blatant spamming. Here is his homepage, btw (provided from his Digg profile).
  
  http://www.theworkof.co.uk/
- jimi1337, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9[rant cont'd] Also, isn't it slightly more likely that the submitter is simply new to Blogger, especially considering he just created his account this month? Please provide slightly more than circumstantial evidence to back up your claims in the future.
  
  P.S. Don't digg me down because you think I'm a troll -- Digg me down because I didn't add something relevant to the discussion.
  
  -Jim W.
- mercurysquad, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I thought so too at first sight (no pun intended), but hey the list is spot on! As long as it was entertaining and lets say informative, I don't mind/care if this is the first post on the blog.
- anagoge, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6I'd like to point out that I created the blog specifically for this article because I thought it'd be nice to share. Would you rather I link directly to my personal webspace and have my bandwidth sucked within five minutes? And then you wouldn't be able to read the story at all. :)
  
  Sometimes, people do good things.
- ImTheDarkcyde, on 10/12/2007, -11/+3"P.S. Don't digg me down because you think I'm a troll -- Digg me down because I didn't add something relevant to the discussion."
  
  I dugg you down right there, where you went off topic and told me not to digg you down.
- jimi1337, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3@ImTheDarkcyde
  And yet somehow I still have 8 more diggs than you :P And, I was mainly talking to the person I originally replied to. Honestly, I wasn't aware of your existence. If you were trying to be funny, take a lesson from the the guy who posted the following comment:
  
  http://digg.com/tech_news/Top_15_Signs_You_re_Addicted_to_Digg#c4429570
qeek, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9Web 1.0: ACOD Adult Children Of Divorce
Web 2.0: ACOD Adult Children Of Diggaholics
- spinchange, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I think Adult Children of Diggaholics will be Web 3.0 or Web 3.1 perhaps... that'll be my/our kids.
  The issues we give them will become either the evolution of this platform -or-
  the advent of anti-social networks & software
- spinchange, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Digg co-dependency issues necessitate that I tell you I dugg your comment and I care.
  =P
- mabhatter, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5what about the children never born because of Digg!!!! you gotta think of them!!
royall64, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2I do 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, and the first half of 12. I think I'm addicted.
TheBigBoss, on 10/12/2007, -1/+26"1) Digg is the first place you visit online. Bonus points if it's your homepage."

Thats me alright.
- DubbedOver, on 10/12/2007, -0/+36"3) You visit Digg so much that the newest story is STILL the newest story the next time you visit."
  
  I do this all the time at work, so I start checking "Most Popular" upcoming stories because it's almost as good as the front page.
- dotlizard, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"1) Digg is the first place you visit online. Bonus points if it's your homepage."
  
  does it count if the DIGG RSS feed is the top item in my google homepage, plus I have a digg feed gadget on my desktop, in case I don't happen to open a browser window often enough? and whenever i do open a browser window, no matter how important the reason, the first thing i end up doing is opening most or all of the digg stories in new browser tabs, so i don't miss any of them if they get replaced in the feed? and that i almost always forget what it was i needed the browser window for, no matter how important?
steve693, on 10/12/2007, -95/+2Number 4. . .too true.

I cry when my comments get down-digged.
- neoknight, on 10/12/2007, -1/+58You're going to wail like a girl now!
- luckykrrish, on 10/12/2007, -9/+0are u crying now?
bob12321, on 10/12/2007, -6/+3Um, I have a problem i qualify for all of these.
popularme, on 10/12/2007, -55/+1reported as Lame
- bloqmon, on 10/12/2007, -2/+49denial...
- rjani57, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2surefire sign of deep addiction
Tony611, on 10/12/2007, -33/+1How dare you all, how can this story get dugg more than this http://www.digg.com/savebabieswithfire
Light a candle to save babies!
Cold, heartless people!
- kcpwnsgman, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2Oops, what you're looking for isn't here!
  The page you requested is not here but there are a few things you can try:
  
  * Try searching for the story you're looking for using the form above.
  * Go to the homepage to see the most recent stories.
  * Browse the topics on the left to find the story.
  
  Pretty sure it's a website bug? Please let us know and we'll try to get it fixed.
- Tony611, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1i was just kidding, i just thought i should mock spammers
- teknotant, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4What's the difference between a dead baby and a Styrofoam cup?
  
  A dead baby doesn't harm the atmosphere when you burn it.
indy500fan, on 10/12/2007, -1/+610/15, That means I am not really addicted, right? I can stop anytime I want I tell you.
D3koy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+42#16 You dugg this story and tried to think of a witty comment but this is the best you can do...
TDR25, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2I'm guilty of a lot of the things mentioned in that article. I'm sure Kevin Rose/partners involved in Digg will be filthy rich one day and laugh at the people that can't seem to live without Digg. I hate to play devil's advocate, but I'm guilty of using reddit too!
vorfix, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8By reading that list I realized how addicted I actually was.
- teknotant, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Same here but I started to get the hint when one monitor of my dual-monitor setup was practically dedicated to digg.
Zalien, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Ha ha when I read the title I thought it said Top 15 signs you're addicted to DRUGS... well I guess I was pretty close. *refreshes the front page again*
adampolselli, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Hahaha, all so true.
TheWorkz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+45I think there is one missing......
16. You dont tell your real friends about Digg so you can give them the news personally or forward them the latest News. It makes you feel even more important and that you are on top of everything! :)
- MaxwellTD, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18Oh my... I do that all the time.
- bashar129, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17I got some of my friends into digg and now, whenever I show them articles or videos they have already seen it.
- junkmail02, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4none of my friends know about digg since i don't tell them. it's great cause i always break out the craziest news stories and viral videos first!
- Slig, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4lol
  And I thought I was the only one...
MaxwellTD, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8All the thumbs on this page are grayed out for me...
- patik, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Not anymore.
RT55J, on 10/12/2007, -1/+24"13) You feel really downhearted when no one replies to your comment or diggs you up."

That perfectly describes me. :(
- titlesaysitall, on 10/12/2007, -0/+27Reply.
- mt066, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12I hesitate to comment sometimes because I know I'll be back a bunch of times to check how many diggs I got, and to make sure no one replied negatively and stuff.
- spacebar14, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3@mt066:
  I bet you're pleased with yourself now eh? Lots and lots of diggs.
  Oh bother, now I'm going to be coming back to check MY digg's and any negative stuff as well.
- mapkinase, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Then you login under your second emergency nick and reply to yourself
rdn98, on 10/12/2007, -13/+2Yea, I am addicted to dig, maybe thats why I don't have it setup as a bookmark anymore.
- bashar129, on 10/12/2007, -0/+28You lie, a true addict would never spell it wrong.
chazsmith, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Wow, 13 out of 16.
I guess I need to find the local chapter of Diggers Anonymous... Nah.
- friend18, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I've got 10 out of 15. n__n
VeryAngryJim, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6What about arguing with idiots? Nothing more satisfying than looking back at a verbal exchange and seeing your opponent has been dugg down into oblivion because he was wrong or just generally obnoxious.
ramunas, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2I just read RSS feed, do I count as an addict?
- luckykrrish, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2nope...
  the real fun of digg is in the comments ;)
nextbigthang, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1How many "are you addicted to digg" stories can we have? He made his entire blog around this one story, brilliant...thank god he didnt put ads on it or i would have buried
- anagoge, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Would you rather me post this somewhere else and succomb to the Digg effect or think ahead and know that Blogger's going to handle the traffic much better than any site that's more personal?
psbpv3o, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2help me... get out of here.....aaaaahhh!
mrbradg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I don't go to meetings. So I'm not addicted.
- ne0n, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0The first step is admitting it. You know you are!
PhonicUK, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I'll host the next DA meeting then, free larger! (Got a 24 pack randomly)
- anagoge, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Larger you say? Are you calling me fat?
Chesterfield, on 10/12/2007, -0/+23Now even my kids say "Dad, stop digging! I'm hungry!"
harvinator24, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Does it count if you google homepage consists of digg.com? because then im 15+/15. Whats a board college student suppose to do, study?
- Hindu_Wardrobe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Learn to spell "bored".
rmeddy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0yep guilty on all counts i always found that digg should do that email thing like youtube when i get a reply or they should say how many time ive been dugg up or down and on what story
Isotope, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11My wife threatened to divorce me last night when I had to check digg one last time before we left for the movies to see Blood Diamond...
- mabhatter, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3they'll get over it.
- Peach, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Oh my, that's awful. See, my husband should be happy I digg, too! Instead he was like, "you can't visit digg, that's MY site!" Silly boy.
napier, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Addicted? Na, na..I'm not addicted... Yeah, I uhh, I can quit whenever I want... I uh..swear!....
- Rorrim, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9* F5 F5 F5 ... *
thekidder, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2#16
You get bored of seeing the same stories on Popular and Upcoming so you put Digg Spy on for a bit to see if there's anything more interesting going on.
spritom, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11This story's still at the top for the 8th time? It's been like 2-3 minutes already...
bno545, on 10/12/2007, -5/+6its true sooooooo true. in five minutes i will be back here to see if anybody dugg my comment
mgagne, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8#17 You have installed the PermaTab extension for Firefox in order to prevent closing Digg by error. Closing it by error make you feel sad.
leftfoot, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I wake up every morning and get on Digg, if I don't, I fell lost in what the ***** is going in the tech/news world.
- WaterDragon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Don't worry...previous generations all did the same exact thing. They called it the 'morning paper.'
  It was actually made of paper, and was left on their doorstep.
  (Back in the days when people could still go outside.)
  
  (Oh sorry....'Paper 'was this kind of frozen-display 'monitor,' made from the ground-up bodies of these tall, greenish creatures called 'trees'....back in the day.)
GoldenChild1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I didn't realize how addicted I was until I read this, it has inspired me to create a profile to further enjoy Digg.
OpenFuture, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I thought I was an addict and this article confirms it. Digg Rules!
mrkmrk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5"10) You like digging up/digging down every comment for an article. It just feels better when all those thumbs are finally greyed out."

They ***** *got* me.
wjadams, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Actually #9, but also add Wil Wheaton. He diggs some great articles.
morrislevy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Mega-dugg. I am 'adiggted' and can't deny it. Nice find.
WaterDragon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1So, which added points shall be designated as #16, 17, etc.

I already tried to use 17 and 18, erroneously , following a #16, when there was already a #16 submitted much earlier.
Sorry.
JAPPO312, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Nice post, although I'm not quite that addicted yet.
- WaterDragon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Yeah right!
  "I can stop whenever I want."
  Famous last words!
  
  ...the first step to getting help is realizing you have a problem! :-) (didn't someone already say that, somewhere?)
WaterDragon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1#1336: You realize you are just one of Kevin Rose's many bitches.

And finally, #1337:
You experience a moment of panic and doubt when you undigg a story you already dugg, knowing you can never digg it again.
- Hindu_Wardrobe, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I'm pretty sure I've re-dugg things before... but then again my memory is terrible.
  Move along, nothing to see here... just me blabbing about nothing important.
hiPpymIck, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2#16,17
posting to your blog on christmas day
submitting it as a story to Digg on st stephens

EDIT#1338
SLH06, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I'm all 15. There should be a 16th: If you have digg in your rss reader.
- windhawk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8#17: You check digg from your mobile phone. (cough)
treelovinhippie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Heh, everything applies to me except for number 9)
interpaul, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I'm guilty on almost all of them; Please send me to hell.
- bsippel9708, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Have Digg.com open all day, only ever an ALT-TAB away at work!
Complexium, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4[Standing up] Hello everyone, my name is [profile] and I'm addicted to digg.com.
- windhawk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8[Responding in unison] " Hello [profile] ... "
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