Something extremely weird is going on over on Digg.com. Today for the third time in a short period, a story got promoted to the front page where a blogger raises a baseless rumour about Google buying Sun. And as is explained further down, it appears that this is the result of a coordinated effort to fool Digg into promoting the story.

Here is the money quote:

"I don't think it's possible to game Digg because it requires such a mass of people who have been vetted through our algorithms." - Digg CEO

Sure dude. Thats not a story thats going to work for very long...

Silicon Valley Sleuth: Scoop: Digg is used for Sun stock manipulation