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- umbriago, on 12/18/2007, -4/+256Maybe Fark will buy it and merge with it and become Fagg?
- daaaveg, on 12/18/2007, -5/+168here comes more ads and people regulating what we submit...
- patw85, on 12/18/2007, -3/+116Sell and then open diggg.com next week!
- SRSco, on 12/18/2007, -5/+84Regulating what we submit?
Ahem. 09-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63-56-88-c0 Ahem. - geminitojanus, on 12/18/2007, -0/+70"I think it's a smart move."
Me too. Get out while the site is still worth anything at all, before it goes completely to the ***** can. Half of the hype business is knowing exactly when to get out of town, right before the card house crumbles.
However, whoever buys Digg is an absolute moron, and it'll probably be one of the big Fortune 500s (if not for that very reason; they've got plenty of money and they love hype when they can get it). Not that we're about to go through a "bubble", but let's face it: when this site started, it was to be a better Slashdot, we had intelligent discussion, and worthwhile articles. Now, the front page is six hundred copies of the same piece of politically charged faux news from six hundred different blogs covered in ads, and the discussion is as readable as "Lolcatspeak." The concept failed because the people running Digg took an absolutely hands-off approach, and absolutely refused to make any meaningful improvements to the site, ones that the users of the site asked and petitioned for, for over a year. They've proven they can't keep delivering, so they're cashing out while there's still something left to cash out.
Maybe whoever buys it can turn Digg around, and as such I'm glad that it's being sold. But I'm doubting it just as much. - inactive, on 12/18/2007, -7/+69Hey... what if we all hosted a "Digg Tea Party", and everyone chipped in $100..
- celkin, on 12/18/2007, -1/+60Finally a 3G social voting site! It's what we've all been waiting for.
- inactive, on 12/18/2007, -2/+56This ***** is worth $300 million? what a ***** joke, internets have gone to your head kev.
- newl, on 12/18/2007, -1/+51Of course they aren't.
- sockpuppets, on 12/18/2007, -5/+54All startups have an exit strategy- that's respectable. The fact that it's being actively shopped like it apparently is isn't a good sign to me, however. Who would buy digg? What is its value? Will the user base remain and flourish? In my opinion it's been going downhill quickly.
- jollyroger814, on 12/18/2007, -9/+53I think it's a smart move. I just hope that he isn't giving up this site for Pownce. However, I would love to see him devote more time to revision3 and into getting that rolling.
- deadnoob, on 12/18/2007, -1/+45please tell me you havent got that memorized
- reaper, on 12/18/2007, -1/+42Are my details safe?
- NinjaDuck12, on 12/18/2007, -6/+47If Digg is ever sold, I'm gone. If it weren't for the users it would be nothing.
- G-RaZoR, on 12/18/2007, -4/+44Don't be that guy.
- dudefaceguyman, on 12/18/2007, -6/+43The community here is the only thing that puts me OFF from Digg...
"Ron Paul's crap is brown!" 4000 diggs! - UtopiaInTheSky, on 12/18/2007, -0/+31No, James, we know who you are.
- inactive, on 12/18/2007, -2/+30And how would one ever make the money back? Digg users are known for never clicking on ads and even if they do, they are too young to buy anything. Digg is worth about 3 cents on the open market. Bantering on Digg is like winning in the special Olympics. Even if you come in first, you're still a retard. :)
- jamble, on 12/18/2007, -1/+26That may be the best and most sensible comment I've read on digg for a year.
You're completely right and I think digg is at the front of the curve of the impending "web 2.0 bubble burst" where all these sites have been grossly overvalued due to hype and we'll start seeing more reallistic valuations of similar sites next year and they won't be in the hundreds of millions that's for sure.
Digg used to be good, now it's little more than a large chat forum. I don't know how you'd monetize a site like this with a user base who are half blog spammers, half image posters.
If I was involved in digg these days, I'd take half that offer and run to the hills. - iDiggIt42, on 12/18/2007, -0/+24I don't have money, but I may be able to chip in an lolcat or two to help raise it?
- schmitey, on 12/18/2007, -1/+24Rumor or not...if Digg has any drastic changes I'm gone! My loyalty is to the site as is, not some corporation who wants to make money. I don't need Digg or rely on it like Facebook (it offers no necessary service essentially), its merely a convenient way to waste time and keep myself informed.
- sadsadrobot, on 12/18/2007, -1/+22Me too. The second this website gets sold to some monolithic, faceless company, I'm out of here.
- praisethelard, on 06/06/2008, -0/+21Anyone else read that in a HAL voice?
- inactive, on 12/18/2007, -0/+20SEEMS? Of course it is. That is why despite this rumor being around for months, it is not happening.
- spanglegluppet, on 12/18/2007, -0/+17This comment proudly brought to you by Coca Cola.
- sockpuppets, on 12/18/2007, -0/+17I can has seekrit algorythm?
- texas85, on 12/18/2007, -0/+16Just send me my share..I accept paypal. Thanks!
- philman467, on 12/18/2007, -4/+19Counter-offer: $2,999,999.99 and not a penny more.
- inactive, on 12/18/2007, -2/+17Digg is the real news to you?
That is really sad. - UtopiaInTheSky, on 12/18/2007, -2/+17Even if Digg is sold, do you honestly believe the website layout is going to change? It'll still be user-submitted content.
- inactive, on 12/18/2007, -1/+16Uh.. diggs been for sale since day one morons.. they been shopping this thing for three years.. Mostly at vastly exaggerated prices.
- reddevil3, on 12/18/2007, -16/+31Seems too high.
- deadnoob, on 12/18/2007, -2/+16google should buy
- SublimeRuin, on 12/18/2007, -2/+16WE should buy it.....
- Chirp08, on 12/18/2007, -0/+14Maybe the republicans will buy and rename it to Rigg.com
- masterc, on 12/18/2007, -3/+16Ads? Digg has ads?
- Elranzer, on 12/18/2007, -0/+13Watch Digg get sold to NewsCorp. If that's the case... HELLO REDDIT
... or better yet... WELCOME BACK, SLASHDOT - rasterbator, on 12/18/2007, -0/+13digg.google.com
- postalblowfish7, on 12/18/2007, -3/+16yes - topless wii playing, 12 pages of 4chan memes, iphone stories, microsoft propaganda, and ps3 console sales are clearly 'real news.'
- postalblowfish7, on 12/18/2007, -4/+17only a couple hundred bucks these days
http://computers.search.ebay.com/g4_Apple-Desktops ... - rasterbator, on 12/18/2007, -0/+12Think how many people come on this site and block ads or never even click on them, then times that by the number of adverts you see around the page.
- iNunchuk, on 12/18/2007, -1/+12In business speak, thats what we call an IPO (Initial Public Offering)
- RTPMatt, on 12/18/2007, -1/+12Well said, and this is clearly seen in their actions. What round of funding is digg on 2, 3? more? at this point kevin (and anybody else who's there) surly owns far less than 50% of digg, this is one of the reasons why that whole "how this kid made $60 million" is so bogus. at this point, even if they sell for $300 million, kevin would be lucky to walk away with even $10 million. not that that is anything to shake a stick at, but people have to know that digg (and any other company thats is VC funded) is basically owned by the VC people, and the VC people want money, thats why they invest in the first place.
Digg has always been for sale, the question is simply when will be the optimum time to sell, so they can make out with the most money. Its simple business. that being said, i would hold nothing against them for selling (again not that they would have too much choice in the matter.) - eliburford, on 12/18/2007, -3/+14Just remember, it's said to be a "rumor".
- inactive, on 12/18/2007, -0/+11I actually lol'ed to that...
- Ghoztt, on 12/18/2007, -1/+11Any major "faceless corporation" changes (doing what's best for profit and not what's best for Digg and it's users) and I'm GONE.
Of course, let's make sure this is real first.... - geminitojanus, on 12/18/2007, -0/+10Hey, at least you were only off by two orders of magnitude.
- krusader3z, on 12/18/2007, -0/+9hahah dell will only replace so many beer-damaged computers!
- darnit, on 12/18/2007, -0/+9Their advertising model is CPM (cost per thousand impressions) not CPC (cost per click). So all they need are eyeballs around the ads, not clicks to get paid by their advertisers. Hence all those really crappy brand advertisers, who couldn't design an effective ad to save their lives.... but i digress.
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