Digg

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Digg: A social media Petri dish

Now that the sturm und drang over the latest changes to Digg’s algorithm has died down somewhat — after the villagers made it all the way to the castle with pitchforks and lighted torches in their hands, only to relent and make peace with the lords of the manor, after Kevin and Jay joined a [...]

Tinfoil hat alert: Digg has secret editors!

Must be a slow news day over at Valleywag, where Owen Thomas is trotting out the old “Digg has secret editors” meme again (not only that, but it has the laughable “Exclusive!” tag). According to Owen, a top-secret source — let’s called him Deep Digg, in Watergate style — was approached for a job at [...]

The Digg Reel: TV meets LOLcatz

Are the Digg guys bent on creating a media empire? Perhaps. The mini-Murdochs behind Digg and Revision3 — that is, Kevin Rose and Jay Adelson — have launched a new show called The Digg Reel, featuring the top videos submitted to Digg. It’s hosted by Jessica Corbin, who was a host on another Revision3 [...]

Digg bait: Cute girls, Digg song

There are lots of ways to get on Digg — and one of the best, as many people know by now, is to mention Digg. Better still, write a cute song about it. And better even than that, be a cute girl and play the song you wrote about Digg on a guitar, with your [...]

Who will buy Digg? Anyone? Google?

The Digg-sale plot continues to thicken. First there were rumours that Digg was for sale — asking price $300-million — and then there were reports that co-founder Jay Adelson had gone to the Allen & Co. venture fund party, where those who want to mingle with those who want to sell. And now, Eric Eldon [...]

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