How much does it cost to bring a story to Digg front page? There is a guy offering this service for $500. Isn’t that a great price for 30K visitors?

Invesp has an interview with a Digg top user that tells a little about the way it works.

This guy charges anywhere between $300 – $500 depending on the quality of article, and $700 for for a submission and promotion, irrespective of whether the article is good or not.

He was asked if he feels like he is cheating the Digg community.

His answer was very straightforward:

Yes! I would feel guilty if I was the only one but find me one Digg user from the entire community who doesn’t cheat the system… I do what everybody else does. It is obvious that good content does not make it by itself on Digg.

At least on this interview he was honest!

update: For those who misunderstand my thoughts, I don’t think that cheating the Digg audience is a good idea. All I’m saying is that the Digg system turns into a sophisticated marketing machine and is less credible than it ever was.