What is Digg?577 Comments
- silverj, on 07/22/2008, -11/+642Diggle
- seanjanis, on 07/22/2008, -7/+570Cool. Maybe Google will finally fix Digg's search engine.
- skipthefrog, on 07/22/2008, -21/+511So, do we get paid too when Google takes over?
- Hiji, on 07/22/2008, -21/+459This is the beginning of the end. In a few years all the major blogs and social media sites will be owned by large corporations, putting us right back where we started.
But congrats Digg guys! Liquidity event w00t! - MasterJoefus, on 07/22/2008, -4/+374and so the Google Empire expands to consume the vast reaches of the internet.
- neonoodle, on 07/22/2008, -5/+310Man, with YouTube and Digg under the Google umbrella, Google will have control over every idiot on the internet!
- Thrilltone, on 07/22/2008, -13/+261Here's the part that pissed me off;
"The important contributors, such as Mr. Babyman, are slated to receive compensation in the six figure range." - jotate, on 07/22/2008, -8/+218Yeah, because Google buying Youtube really ruined its dominance.
Oh wait, it didn't.
And when Viacom sued them, they totally turned over all the user data.
Oh wait, they didn't.
I'm just saying, if you're going to get behind a corporation, Google's a pretty ethically sound choice at that point. - inactive, on 07/22/2008, -4/+197At least Digg isn't getting sold to News Corp.
- IbbyIbby, on 07/22/2008, -44/+228do not want
- borez, on 07/22/2008, -10/+173Shame, but if I owned Digg...I'd be all over it.
Let's just hope they don't screw it up, I like this site. - dumpyhumpy, on 07/22/2008, -8/+146Gigg?
....Giggidy? - pin0chet, on 07/23/2008, -2/+125You're wrong. Every time a popular independent site gets acquired, people claim "big evil corporations are crushing the little guy and will soon control the interweb" but they assume the market is static, which is false.
News Corp scooped up MySpace--but then Facebook took off, turning MySpace into a sideshow.
Sourceforge bought Slashdot, then Digg came along, eclipsing Slashdot's traffic within a matter of months.
That's the beauty of the diigtal marketplace--you simply CAN"T consolidate power, because all it takes is a couple guys in a garage with a smart algorithm to reshake the industry. Users are fickle, and the "latest thing" is what matters--not having all the cash.
If Microsoft can't buy its way to the top of the online ad market, even with its tens of billions of cash on hand, then nobody can. - bs0l, on 07/22/2008, -2/+116Search Powered by Google™
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Search suggestions by Google™ - inactive, on 07/22/2008, -21/+128That's ridiculous. He gets money for submitting stories that have already been submitted?
- MavRevMatt, on 07/22/2008, -4/+99Dark Knight stories by Google™
lolcats by Google™
iPhone stories by Google™
Anti McCain articles by Google™
Obama 08 stuff by Google™ - slightlyoffbeat, on 07/22/2008, -7/+101All of the techcrunch sources come from google. I'd wait to hear word from the digg side.
- Meyithi, on 07/22/2008, -2/+92Party at his place then?
- fuzzmeister, on 07/22/2008, -4/+92"the two companies are close to a deal that will bring Digg under the Google News property. "
That concerns me. I hope they don't sacrifice the digg brand and feel. - dn11, on 07/23/2008, -3/+90yeah, sure. you can get paid either in digg ups or US dollars - whichever has more value after the deal is finalized
- TheJalu, on 07/22/2008, -17/+98Sell Sell Sell..Time for a big check to Kevin!
- MScrip, on 07/23/2008, -6/+84I'd settle for a posting system that doesn't make my CPU spike up to 100% or freeze my browser while loading comments.
It's freakin' text people! - mweflen, on 07/22/2008, -4/+81Time for everyone to kiss Kevin Rose's ass and pretend they're best buds with him...
- sjmulder, on 07/22/2008, -0/+76Data mining by Google™
- kylethompson1, on 07/22/2008, -3/+78Did you read the article at all? The mrbabyman thing was a joke. Geez, how about you post after reading.
- paulm, on 07/22/2008, -3/+74What's the Kevin Rose cut?
- skyshock1, on 07/23/2008, -5/+76Giggle
- Anteros, on 07/22/2008, -0/+69Last i heard he owned 1/3 so $66 million
- jsully, on 07/23/2008, -7/+73You don't trust Google's privacy policy, but you trust Digg's?
- zzz@tkz, on 07/22/2008, -1/+66Diggnation is owned by Revision3, Digg is not.
- saisumimen, on 07/23/2008, -3/+65"i wonder what his ex gf thinks"
(phone rings)
Lala: Hey, Keviiiiiinnnn~
Kevin: Uh... hi?
Lala: Whatcha doinnnnn?
Kevin: Um, just rolling around in my money.
(Alex in background, laughing, papers shuffling)
Lala: Oh, do you wanna hang ouuuuuuuut, like sometiiiiime?
Kevin: (truly believing she likes him for how cool he is) ... sure!
(Alex in background, rolling his eyes)
End. - esquire360, on 07/22/2008, -2/+63maybe they can fix the digg algorithm
- Arkonnan, on 07/23/2008, -3/+61Isn't he the guy who goes through the submission queue and resubmits articles under his own name?
- goofygarber, on 07/22/2008, -1/+57*after
- mark076h, on 07/22/2008, -2/+53i wonder what his ex gf thinks
- inactive, on 07/22/2008, -6/+54Screw that bastard, where's MY cut!
Edit: Let's hope they don't go by percentage of the Front Page...Maki will leave us all penniless! - ThatGeek, on 07/23/2008, -1/+48did they buy 4chan yet?
- dives425, on 07/23/2008, -1/+47Only if you forward this to 5 friends.
- DestroyFascism, on 07/23/2008, -2/+47You can receive 1 billion Zimbabwe dollars....
- bweltondav, on 07/22/2008, -2/+46I know most people are probably all about Digg staying independent, but of all the major tech companies that could afford to buy it, I'd prefer Google. They're famous for /never/ canning any of their projects, and they don't really have a history of manipulating any of their properties for the worse.
Plus, (for those of us who don't use adblock) the flashing banner-type ads would be replaced by low-profile adsense ads. - mark076h, on 07/22/2008, -4/+47How would this effect diggnation?
- inactive, on 07/22/2008, -1/+44They didn't do anything to mess up YouTube. In fact, it's better now since you can link your youtube account with your google account. The comments were always crap, even before google bought it.
- airwalkery2k, on 07/22/2008, -3/+44This being a social network and all, being popular because of users, what percentage of this 200 Mill do I get? I mean, I have made several very witty comments in the past.
- sovereign3, on 07/22/2008, -1/+41Only after they acquire Yahoo! Answers.
- fyngyrz, on 07/23/2008, -2/+42It's not all bad -- maybe Google can finally fix the posting system so that you can use formatting like bold and italic and quoting, so that there's a *separate* mechanism for "disagree" as compared to :lousy post:, so that threading isn't limited to just a few levels, so that searching for a comment you made will work even if the leading comments in the thread are hidden, so that digging a post down doesn't hide it... you know, so that digg would actually work WELL.
- nixr, on 07/23/2008, -0/+39That happens enough already....
- AlexWiggy, on 07/22/2008, -1/+40We wouldn't notice a difference, just like when Google gained power of Youtube.
The only thing I worry about is the life of Diggnation should this transaction take place. - bs0l, on 07/22/2008, -1/+40You'll hear it from digg's side a week before it happens.
- bs0l, on 07/22/2008, -2/+40So he WILL be richer than $60 million!
- rmxz, on 07/23/2008, -11/+48Please, Digg, give us users the option of deleting our personally identifiable data before transferring the data to them.
I don't trust Google's privacy policy, and aren't very excited about them knowing everything about me that Digg knew.
Or at least I might be if I had honestly filled out the information like name, birthday, location, etc (all stuff in Digg's profile), and then made a comment critical of any government's policy (say, China's if I ever visit there - since I know they like asking the for data from companies like Google; or the NeoCon's if they come back again here; or if the RIAA or MPAA can force or bribe Google to give them data).
But in either case, I think we'd appreciate it if you gave us the option to clear all archived data before giving it to them. -
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