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- aphonik, on 07/26/2008, -31/+1224I think Digg should mix things up a bit and offer to buy Google.
- inactive, on 07/26/2008, -11/+987Adelson: "..and a pony. I want a pony for me and Kevin..."
Google: "No *****' way. We're done here!" - jhaydon, on 07/26/2008, -37/+381This is a pity, Google is really the only company I can think of that could actually improve Digg. Hopefully they'll change their mind down the road, or otherwise Digg might sell to the other company that has shown interest - Microsoft.
- humanerror, on 07/26/2008, -4/+312That water wasn't free! Get your ass back here
- teamparadox, on 07/26/2008, -4/+298I tried to buy google last week for 30 million and all I got was a cupcake and free bottle of water from their employee lounge.
- Setter, on 07/26/2008, -7/+297Google decided to go straight to the source by buying 4chan and reddit.
- iancgi, on 07/26/2008, -36/+223Good, I dont need google cataloging my social networking habits as well. The more independent the net stays the better.
- Seaseme, on 07/26/2008, -16/+170Maybe Google realized that the only things that get posted here are bleeding heart propaganda and ***** lists by ***** authors. Digg had its time- It's degrading slowly and eventually it will be diggchan where the retards from the anus of the internet come to post their retarded lists and make fun of other posters' mothers.
Good choice Google. - Oxygen, on 07/26/2008, -3/+152God forbid anyone find out you're digging pictures of Catipillars, and Danica Patrick in a White Bikini...
http://digg.com/users/iancgi/history/diggs - Muyoso, on 07/26/2008, -13/+142The thing is, Digg is garbage, and google doesnt want garbage. That is, digg has been losing readership for the past year. They should have sold at their peak, about a year and a half ago. There is no magical fix for digg. Digg has become nothing more than a place for various websites to push their ***** to the frontpage. It USED to be an awesome place for tech news, not its just a place for liberal blogs to spam their *****, Ron Paul stories, and pro Obama stories, why would google want that?
- huggybarrel, on 07/26/2008, -3/+93I dare Mr. Rose to comment on this story.. c'mon, I double dare ya!
- inactive, on 07/26/2008, -10/+100oh no :-(
and I was so looking forward to google knowing even more about me, and customizing my internet experience even further to advertise only those products I am demographically inclined to potentially have an interest in, - ouzome, on 07/26/2008, -9/+97Digg might as well merge with huffington - they're basically one and the same
- Darren07, on 07/26/2008, -17/+99Good!
Stay independent Digg! Don't sell out! - Matt2k, on 07/26/2008, -2/+73Google realized they didn't need to pay $200 million for a message board and article software. I think slashcode is free.
- dimplemonkey, on 07/26/2008, -0/+60Eh, too late, bro...
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=iancgi&btnG=G ... - TheGreger, on 07/26/2008, -2/+61I didn't know Jay and Kevin were into sharing a pony. It makes sense now that I think about it.
- AmusedToDeath, on 07/26/2008, -4/+58English you first language not?
- WallnutBoy, on 07/26/2008, -1/+53We've been through this...
- inactive, on 07/26/2008, -1/+52BURN!!!!!
- Myztry, on 07/26/2008, -2/+51LOL. Well a dead deal doesn't have to be reallistic to gain attention
- anagoge, on 07/26/2008, -3/+48I'm holding out for News Corp.
- TheCamino, on 07/26/2008, -3/+46
As a happy digger, I hate to admit it, but I am unfortunately in complete agreement about the above post.
Digg is dying because of the political douchebags, and people that are interested in bikini pics.
Stop it. Stop lighting it. It's turning a community into a political 'Flavor of Love.'
Communities are important, and Digg is overrun. When the community gets overrun, which is identical to a small town that gets overrun because it sits too close to a growing city, it ruins the experience for people. The ridiculous political overrun that has happened on Digg has felt akin to someone putting a strip mall next to my little farmhouse. This politicking is offending, ridiculous, never ending, and it ruins my Diggzone. You can't filter it, because it's being spammed on all aspects of everything.
Be selective on people. Have some form of moderation that doesn't become a douchebag free for all.
I keep coming back on hope, but more and more, if I keep seeing ridiculous liberal blogs (and most would consider me a ridiculous liberal), the Obama heads, and all that other political crap take more of my mindspace, I'll be FORCED to move out of my little country town. I don't need a seven hundred megawatt sign that says 'OBAMA!' blasting in my window every night, and disrupting my life.
I would take a guess and say that the vast majority of diggers left when the Democrat primary was in full swing, and I couldn't stand to even get into the board on digg for all of the intense douchebaggery that was going on. That should have been the red flag that something was wrong.
It almost drove me away. As an old slashdotter, and an old BBS person, I like the idea of digg participation, but honestly, it's getting to the point on the 'net to where 'we just can't have nice things.'
I am literally one more ridiculous political headline from removing it from my bookmarks.
I would hope that the Diggstaff would think long and hard about where they really want this site to go, and not make it another Facebook, self-glorifying, political spamhole. - heucuva, on 07/26/2008, -3/+46Digg: "We have nothing beneficial to offer you in exchange for controlling stock in your company. However, we do have slightly more literate dregs of the Internet than 4chan."
Google: "Sold!" - DrSnugglebunny, on 07/26/2008, -2/+43Hmmm... try www.diggoogle.com
interesting... - Atomic1fire, on 07/26/2008, -1/+38well played
- qbthemc, on 07/26/2008, -4/+40Does that mean I will not get a free Zune? :(
- uberphildo, on 07/26/2008, -5/+40diggle?
- jakdracula, on 07/26/2008, -5/+39Probably too much Huffington Post on Digg for Google.
- Xcel, on 07/26/2008, -2/+36ACTUALLY.. I heard they just went and bought Mr. Babyman.
- LR2_, on 07/26/2008, -6/+38@hugolp
Ever hear of Weblogs, Inc. It's a subsidiary of AOL (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weblogs,_Inc. )
AOL owns Engadget, Joystiq, PS3 Fanboy and XBOX360 Fanboy, Autoblog DIY Life, and others.
Also, Microsoft has an awesome online track record. They own live.com, hotmail, msn, jellyfish.com, ...etc. I cannot begin to imagine how many sites they own that are in the top 1000 trafficked.
"Every company MS or AOL have bought online has gone down, so if you want Digg to close ask MS to buy it." ....LIES! - MavRevMatt, on 07/26/2008, -1/+33That's a TechCrunch story waiting to happen... "Digg Attempts to Sell Itself on eBay, Fails."
- CreativeGuy, on 07/26/2008, -7/+35There's no proof beyond techcrunche's articles that there ever was even a thought from Google to buy Digg. However, if it was true, I'm glad Google decided not to waste time with Digg. It was fun while it lasted, but not even Google could turn this place into anything more than it is - which is a club of kids using daddy's computer while he's at work to see how many times they can swear in a comment.
- AcidBurnz, on 07/26/2008, -7/+35Don't cry man, we're all waiting at Reddit for ya ;)
- p51d007, on 07/26/2008, -10/+36Amen to that! Greenlight anything liberal, run the numbers up so they stay on the top page, bury anything that shows liberals on a bad light.
Typical.....and they call Fox bad? Oh yeah, I forget, freedom of speech is something they champion....UNLESS you disagree with their opinions, then you are a: racist, bigot, homophobic etc etc - kuehlschrank, on 07/26/2008, -0/+26You must be an insider. Tell us more.
- MoistVonLipwig, on 07/26/2008, -0/+24It was just a plan to check Mr. Lao's accounting
- Drizzit, on 07/26/2008, -0/+23Digg needs to make money, but please get rid of the damn flirt adds.. They're not work safe.
Talk to Splunk, Barracuda, IBM, Nortel, Checkpoint, and many other companies would pay to advertise here. Get with the program and quit showing this lowest common denominator advertising. Contrary to popular belief, geeks are perfectly capable of getting laid on occasion. - fas2, on 07/26/2008, -4/+26Good one!
- fletch259, on 07/26/2008, -1/+222 diggers, 1 pony
- aliguana, on 07/26/2008, -0/+21I'm sure they've coded up a 5 button toolbar for Firefox
Click 1 for "pics or it didn't happen"
click 2 for Acbar "It's a trap! graphic"
click 3 for "will it blend?"
click 4 for "micro$oft"
click 5 to automatically Digg any story with "Apple" in the title - Drahkar, on 07/26/2008, -4/+25Companies that joined Microsoft haven't closed, but they have gone in directions that most of the original users didn't like. AOL however is a death sentence for any application. They tie too much bloatware and ads to it.
- dantanle, on 07/26/2008, -8/+27Google could have increased the flow of this site tremendously and gave it more news I actually care about and not ***** like "TOP TEN CRAP NO ONE CARES ABOUT."
- onedeep, on 07/26/2008, -2/+21Digg has ads?
- jakethelake, on 07/26/2008, -2/+21But the picture was so convincing!
- Setter, on 07/26/2008, -2/+20I'd guess roughly ten million theoretical dollars.
- GIScope, on 07/26/2008, -0/+18hold on to your old iPhone Kevin..
- Roger, on 07/26/2008, -3/+20Surely this snazzy comment system alone is worth millions?
- tibbon, on 07/26/2008, -0/+17If Digg isn't in the black with their reported eCPM that they get from their ads, factored in with their traffic and the fact that they have zero content creation on their own... factored in with the fact that we basically just see photos of the founders partying with girls... I'd hope they are in the black.
- bobbknight, on 07/26/2008, -2/+18You know no matter how many diggs this gets, it's not gona be on Diggnation.
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