An Analysis of Democratically Ordered Link Sites
“While doing this work, one thing became evident to me: there is no way to cheat democracy on the web. That is, there is no “magic number” of votes that your link needs to fly to the top of the list. The conclusion can then logically be drawn: if you want your web site to be the top link on Digg or Reddit, write better content.” (author: Ted Dziuba, Source: Epsilon-Delta: Mathematics and Computer Programming)
…write better content.