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Digg mutiny continues, feud makes ‘Time’ as users abandon ship to Reddit

Digg mutiny continues, feud makes ‘Time’ as users abandon ship to Reddit

If you've checked in over at Reddit lately, you know the place is overrun with Digg refugees. So, apparently the "new Digg" didn't go over well on an epic scale, and many Digg users have vocally begun to ... continue
Investigation reveals massive conservative censoring of Digg

Investigation reveals massive conservative censoring of Digg

Wow, this will surely be getting the blogosphere in an uproar as the news spread but apparently Digg, and possibly other social networks, has been targeted by a large group of influential conservative members in an effort ... continue
Kevin Rose Dumps Digg Bar

Kevin Rose Dumps Digg Bar

Kevin Rose's first decision as CEO of Digg has been to dump the controversial Digg bar, less than a day since it was announced that his predecessor Jay Aldeson was leaving the building. The Digg bar forced links ... continue
Jay Adelson Quits As Digg CEO, Kevin Rose Steps Up To The Plate

Jay Adelson Quits As Digg CEO, Kevin Rose Steps Up To The Plate

Long serving Digg CEO Jay Adelson has announced that he is stepping down from the position after a five year run that saw the social sharing site grow to the top of its class. Adelson explained in a ... continue
Video: Going to work, awesome style

Video: Going to work, awesome style

Surveillance video of a guy being casually frickin' awesome in relation to a guardrail. He could open it, but opening it is for pussies. [Digg] continue
Video: The Muppets meet the internet

Video: The Muppets meet the internet

Beaker meets commentator-haters in an internet video. Statler and Waldorf keep digging until it's buried. continue
The Super Secret New Digg Page

The Super Secret New Digg Page

Where have I seen this before :-) continue
Digg’s promotion algorithm revealed

Digg’s promotion algorithm revealed

In case you were wondering how it works, here's a handy flowchart explaining the process. continue
Digg’s new social advertising platform prices ads based on popularity

Digg’s new social advertising platform prices ads based on popularity

If you've got a Facebook account, you may have noticed the option to like/unlike ads on your profile. Digg unveiled a plan today to take this concept a step further- charging less for ads voted up by Digg ... continue
Why you shouldn’t be concerned about the DiggBar

Why you shouldn’t be concerned about the DiggBar

A little over a week since launching, the DiggBar feature from Digg continues to be the focus of widespread condemnation. In case you've missed the noise, the DiggBar places a Digg specific frame around sites, and is bundled ... continue
Digg copies StumbleUpon, Reddit with the DiggBar

Digg copies StumbleUpon, Reddit with the DiggBar

Proving once more that the best ideas are often stolen, Digg has launched the DiggBar, an iframed toolbar that offers a range of features. At its core, the DiggBar is naturally a voting platform for Digg. Users can ... continue
Reddit wins the April Fools Day pranks

Reddit wins the April Fools Day pranks

Number two player in the social voting space Reddit has won by a clear mile in the April Fools Day prank competition by rebranding the site as Reddigg. The skin includes the choice to Digg an entry, or ... continue
Kevin Rose launches WeFollow: a Twitter user directory

Kevin Rose launches WeFollow: a Twitter user directory

Digg founder Kevin Rose has entered the Twitter services game with a new Twitter user directory WeFollow. WeFollow is remarkably simple, and that's where its strength lies. The site indexes users based on user submitted interests via hash ... continue
Digg Takes a Hit in Widget-Based Sharing

Digg Takes a Hit in Widget-Based Sharing

Note: Three days after the publication of this story, ShareThis informed us that its staff made an error in the data that it shared with us. While the January 2009 percentages were correct, ShareThis analysts seemingly misplaced ... continue
Why is MC Hammer Suddenly All Over Social Media?

Why is MC Hammer Suddenly All Over Social Media?

Here I thought MC Hammer was limited to VH1 reality-style shows these days -- but apparently, the 90s rapper-turned-preacher is a rising star of social media. Am I the only one who's perplexed? First, Hammer popped up at ... continue
Catching Village Voice Media with its hands in the Digg cookie jar

Catching Village Voice Media with its hands in the Digg cookie jar

Now I am pretty sure that we all know who Digg.com is; and if not that is one hellva rock you’ve been hiding under, but Village Voice Media is probably not quite as well known. Well ... continue
Twitter Overtakes Digg In Traffic

Twitter Overtakes Digg In Traffic

For the first time, Twitter has now overtaken Digg in U.S.-based traffic. Twitter climbed to the #84 spot in market share last week while Digg landed at #85, according to new data just released by Hitwise. The data ... continue
MixedInk: Wiki Meets Digg

MixedInk: Wiki Meets Digg

MixedInk is a new collaborative wiki service with a strong dose of social voting, or as the company suggests: Wiki meets Digg. MixedInk aims to help users overcome the noise created by multiple contributions by adding a ... continue
Digg Will Address Duplicate Entries. Sadly Tools Not Included, But Top Submitters Are.

Digg Will Address Duplicate Entries. Sadly Tools Not Included, But Top Submitters Are.

Digg has advised that their popular social voting site will be addressing duplicate entries and other issues. Anton Kast, head of R&D for Digg said in a post to the Digg blog: Duplicate submissions have been an ongoing issue, ... continue
Get Your Digg On Via Twitter

Get Your Digg On Via Twitter

Digg has launched a series of new Twitter feeds to let you keep up with hot topics right inside your stream. Once you add a feed, you'll see it post every time a new story becomes popular within ... continue
USA Today Claiming Copyright over Digg Demonstration Video

USA Today Claiming Copyright over Digg Demonstration Video

In September 2007 I uploaded a demonstration video of new features at Digg to YouTube; at the time the video appeared on the Digg blog and couldn't be embedded, and we wanted it for the story. I ... continue
Why “Social” Works

Why “Social” Works

In the past few years, we have seen the explosion of “social”. Obviously, lots of people ask why. I feel that a lot of it boils down to simple human nature. People are social beings, regardless of ... continue