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- FuryOfThor, on 07/23/2008, -17/+258diggle.com
- crxvfr, on 07/24/2008, -14/+177200 Million?
Hold Out Kevin!
AdultFriendFinder just got 500 Million.
Digg is better, and Diggs users are a loyal group.
DiggNation, web content movers and shakers. - ginestony, on 07/24/2008, -5/+159Come a long way since TechTV, Kevin... congrats :)
...we all want iphones - Nysul, on 07/24/2008, -3/+150Digg users are loyal? Whenever the next best thing comes digg will be dropped like slashdot.
- sockpuppets, on 07/24/2008, -4/+83Nobody ever got laid on digg. -300 million.
- alapoet, on 07/23/2008, -1/+69Because we wouldn't go to that site they built. They have to buy the one we're already on.
- InvisibleInk, on 07/23/2008, -29/+96If this happens I will no longer be splitting time on reddit. I'll be full time on reddit.
Can't blame Rose, though. I'd cash it, too, in a NY second. - bovox, on 07/24/2008, -4/+67It's a HUGE leap of belief to classify Digg as a "news" site.
- RJtwo, on 07/24/2008, -1/+56Why? Because Google charges for all their other services? Which ones exactly? Exactly.
- Nico_, on 07/24/2008, -3/+51I don't see the problem with google buying digg... Ive never seen google ***** up a site they bought, if anything maybe they can help fix the site.
Also I'm very happy that it is google and not some other tech giant that is looking at digg..... I'm guessing they will steal the comment system and put it on you tube. - sporrow, on 07/24/2008, -6/+48What's Digg?
- jman583, on 07/24/2008, -2/+40As soon as I read that I thought of groundhog porn.
- wiretapped, on 07/24/2008, -5/+42I don't understand how this web site is worth that much money.
- mmijatov, on 07/24/2008, -7/+44The only thing that makes me sad about hearing this is that it further distances Google from that innovative spirit that made me love them . . . now they're just buying up companies all over the place. I'm not saying Google's innovation is depleted by any means, far from it. But I liked it more when they were developing their own stuff instead of just buying whole companies.
- inactive, on 07/24/2008, -1/+37You realise that if they wanted to they could get all your dugg links right now?
http://digg.com/users/madwaxer/history/diggs
Stop being a pussy. - tiltedfish, on 07/24/2008, -5/+40Dear Kevin, take the money.
If Facebook won't sell for a billion dollars, and Myspace went for 580 million, then I'd say if you can get them up to 200+ million for digg, you should do it. Demand 300 million, start a bidding war, and see what you can get. Right now you have make believe money. Money that's not real because it's in a site and a company that may not exist in ten years. What Google is offering is real money.
Wanna bet that Steve Case over at AOL is really damn glad he turned his make believe AOL money into Time Warner money? Kudos to you for making this awesome site, you deserve to be stupid, stupid rich. Just remember to buy some yachts for your old friends. - nullx42, on 07/24/2008, -1/+34I thought the saying was NY Minute.
- TheMachine1, on 07/24/2008, -0/+32Not too many on adult friend finder got laid either that site is one of the most elaborate frauds on the web.
- inactive, on 07/24/2008, -5/+37I'M GONNA BE RICH, ***** RICH
MWUHAHAHAHAHAH - sardiax, on 07/24/2008, -1/+31Exactly, that's why it's called a NY minute.
I imagine a NY second is.. damn dude, you'd sell digg out that quickly?
Give you a nickel for your mother. - sockpuppets, on 07/24/2008, -0/+30A digg t-shirt and a signed photo of Kevin in his jet filled with girls formerly gone wild.
- MScrip, on 07/24/2008, -0/+28Theoretical Dollars
- sardiax, on 07/24/2008, -0/+26If they want to buy me and my traffic, they should just approach me more directly with a fraction of this $200 million.
- ObeseSnake, on 07/24/2008, -0/+25I want a pony.
- mattluiz, on 08/28/2009, -2/+26Price: your privacy.
- cawpin, on 07/24/2008, -4/+26Good job stealing the name from yesterday's story.
- MistaMatt90, on 07/24/2008, -0/+21Diggnation is owned by Revision3, not Digg
- inactive, on 07/24/2008, -2/+22Just don't call it "Gigg"
- snugglebear, on 07/24/2008, -1/+20Same here.
ESPECIALLY considering how many users here love firefox and use adblock.
I've never seen an ad on almost ANY website let alone clicked on one. - vegetables, on 07/24/2008, -1/+19I feel the same way - although I really WANT to hate Google for being a massive conglomeratizing corporation, I can't. They just do things the right way. And they've stayed basically true to their "don't be evil" commitment. So oh well.
- Dohko_Xar, on 07/24/2008, -0/+17The user base silly
- spanishturtle, on 07/24/2008, -0/+16You should be relieved they just wanted to talk, seeing as those "girls" were probably all dudes.
- Nysul, on 07/24/2008, -1/+17@Angostura
Slashdot has 1/2 of its active users compared to 2006.
@BedPost
Web 2.0 is just a stupid buzzword. Since most of the stories end up being submitted by the top 10 users, it isn't really the web 2.0 panacea it is made out to be. Digg tends to be 70% political circle jerk, 20% internet memes/stupid pictures/videos, and 10% tech (90% of which is about apple). Slashdot tends to be a little better, made out of 40% linux circle jerking, 20% unwarranted MS bashing, 10% warranted MS bashing, 10% memes, and 20% tech. - BedPost, on 07/24/2008, -0/+16Digg is to Slashdot as Nascar is to rocket science.
Come on, Slashdot isn't even "Web 2.0" - it's just a technology blog with some user moderation. Digg is fun and democratic (which leads to group think), while Slashdot is more serious and much less open.
They're different, and Slashdot was never really dropped. - Angostura, on 07/24/2008, -2/+17Slashdot has been dropped? By whom?
- renegadeafk, on 07/24/2008, -0/+15duggled down
- ryanturner69, on 07/24/2008, -0/+13say the whole "diggle.com" out loud. rolls of your tongue
- inactive, on 07/24/2008, -1/+14Resistance is futile.
You will be assimilated. - wipis, on 07/24/2008, -2/+15Whats this talk about a cut for the users? Or about the site getting ruined? The site won't change at all. Did you digg because you thought you were doing Kevin a favor? Do you use myspace because your best pals with Tom? If they offer the right price the only difference we will see is that all of a sudden Kevin will be drinking from a pimp cup in the next diggnation.
- teh_techie, on 07/24/2008, -1/+13Diddly-*****.
- Speed, on 07/24/2008, -0/+12Yes, very loyal. I mean, when Digg decides to protect themselves form lawsuit by removing a glorified cd key, there's never a revolt!
/s - Nysul, on 07/24/2008, -2/+14I signed up for 1 month of AFF. What surprised me the most is all the girls who signed up "just to talk". What a waste.
- ptFoe, on 07/24/2008, -2/+14So will Google give out the user details to Viacom on who dugg Colbert Report Videos posted here?
The biggest online social news site being owned by the largest online company is a mockery.
Someone needs to start another Digg. At least we will have 2 have years of Freedom till MS buys it out. - nullx42, on 07/24/2008, -5/+17You have to pay to watch the videos on youtube. Price: your soul.
- anagoge, on 07/24/2008, -0/+11Why would you do that? You trust Digg but not Google?
- gregmo, on 07/24/2008, -1/+11A good point, but at the same time they are a business looking to turn a profit and when they can go out and buy stable, profiting businesses, and fund them, then the innovation will spread.
I'd imagine that most of the Digg staff profiting from this will invest in new companies and new sites will emerge. It's a sharing of their wealth. Digg gets bought by Google, Google can then keep Digg in business, Digg employees can start new ventures, which will grow into new companies that Google will buy... It's a lovely cycle - Samsauce, on 07/24/2008, -2/+12Wasn't this front page yesterday?
- OwdenBowden, on 07/24/2008, -0/+10Only $200 million?
That would be a bargain in this day and age. - MrTito, on 07/24/2008, -2/+12And groundhog porn made me think of Caddyshack.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=krVXRCcr2M4&feature=rel ... -
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