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Profiles in geekdom: Designer behind Digg, Eightbit.me

Posted March 28, 2011 - 9:48 pm

Earlier this month, we wrote about a quirky new character profile website, EightBit.me. Even if you've never heard of Eightbit.me, there's a good chance that you know what Digg.com is. The relation between the two? They were both designed by the same guy.
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Beware the wrath of Reddit (Digg, StumbleUpon, etc)

Posted December 16, 2010 - 7:01 pm

Forbes blogger Elizabeth Woyke found herself in some deep kimchee this week. Her crime?
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Why Digg is like Brock Lesnar

Posted October 26, 2010 - 3:23 pm

If you watched highlights of Saturday's UFC 121 heavyweight title match, you witnessed a bizarre spectacle: huge, muscle-bound defending champion Brock Lesnar stumbling around the octagon like a helpless drunk.
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Users drop Digg after unpopular redesign

Posted September 28, 2010 - 10:59 am

The radical redesign of the Digg Web site in August appears to have prompted many users to abandon social news site, according to Hitwise.
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Digg, Dug, Done

Posted September 7, 2010 - 3:24 pm

I've tried to like the new Digg, I really did, and I'm here to tell you that it's awful.
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Digging into the Digg 4.0 alpha

Posted June 28, 2010 - 5:51 pm

I admit it. I am not the biggest Digg fan in the world. Nor am I a particularly avid or frequent Digg user. So I can't begin to explain why I was invited to check out the new Digg 4.0 alpha. Maybe they have me confused with someone else. But in any event I was invited, and I have to say overall I'm pleasantly surprised.
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Digg, like Twitter, rips out MySQL

Posted March 16, 2010 - 11:12 am

Digg's engineering team has stopped using MySQL, echoing a move recently made by Twitter, another major social networking site.
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Can We Get 1 Million People To Shut Off Facebook This Week!?!

Posted February 15, 2010 - 12:08 am

Sometimes it's far worse than bloggorhea. Farmville. Mafia seduction. It's the time suck from hell. And I'm guilty. Social not-working.
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Twitter, TechCrunch, Digg execs make Forbes' Web Celebs list

Posted February 3, 2010 - 2:14 pm

Several executives of top Web 2.0 sites are among the Internet celebrities in Forbes magazine's 2010 Web Celeb 25 list.
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'Anonymous Digging'? What could go wrong?

Posted September 28, 2009 - 11:17 am

This item will likely interest only those readers who use Digg. The rest of you are excused.
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Digg users can now vote on ads

Posted June 4, 2009 - 10:23 am

Social news site Digg is introducing an advertisement platform that will allow its users to vote advertisements up and down as they now do with news stories. Ads that win the approval of site users will cost advertisers less to run, the company says.
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Three Reasons the DiggBar Just Changed Web Business

Posted April 3, 2009 - 4:27 pm

Digg has launched an installation-free toolbar dubbed "DiggBar," an impressive helper that could change your web business.
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Digg's Kevin Rose: "We have to do better"

Posted October 9, 2008 - 10:36 am

Digg founder Kevin Rose said the social news recommendation site is not doing enough to reach people with niche interests, which will be key to keeping users engaged.
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Digg plans for growth with new funding

Posted September 24, 2008 - 5:01 pm

Social news pioneer Digg, facing intense competition from Yahoo's Buzz, has unveiled aggressive plans to grow in size and scope and boost its features.
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Yahoo opens Digg rival to all publishers

Posted August 19, 2008 - 9:34 am

Yahoo has expanded its "Buzz Up" content recommendation service to include many more publishers, stepping up its challenge against Digg.
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