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Comment by anthonyb | Hacker News Reader

Vote up? Sure. Bury? No, since burying it in "record time" denies other people the opportunity to vote on it.

It's been a few years since I've really used Digg but how does burying something prevent other people from voting on it? My impression was that once something is submitted it goes on the upcoming page where all the stories are presented chronologically and buries only affect whether it gets on the front page or not. Do things get removed from the upcoming page after a certain number of down-votes?

I haven't used it for a while either, but I'm pretty sure that "bury" kills stories off completely. From their FAQ (http://about.digg.com/how):

    Bury. If you find stories with bad links, off-topic content, 
    or duplicate entries, click “Bury.” That’s how we get the
    spam out of the system and let the good stuff rise to the top.

Other than that, they're pretty sketchy on what exactly it does.

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