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Websitedigg.com
Blogblog.digg.com
CategoryConsumer Web
Phone(415) 436-9638
Email
Employees60
Founded10/04
Descriptionuser driven social content website

Offices

San Francisco, USA
135 Mississippi St
San Francisco, CA, 94107
USA

People

Founder and Chief Architect
Chief Strategy Officer
Chief Executive Officer
VP Business Development
Vice President, Operations
Senior Systems Administrator
Business Development
Publisher & Chief Revenue Officer
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Senior Software Engineer
Lead Architect
VP of Research and Development
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WeFollow, 10/09

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Digg

Digg is a user driven social content website. Everything on Digg is user-submitted. After you submit content, other people read your submission and “Digg” what they like best. If your story receives enough Diggs, it’s promoted to the front page for other visitors to see.

Kevin Rose came up with the idea for Digg in the fall of 2004. He found programmer Owen Byrne through eLance and paid him $10/hour to develop the idea. In addition, Rose paid $99 per month for hosting and $1,200 for the Digg.com domain. In December of 2004, Kevin launched his creation to the world through a post on his blog.

In February of 2005, Paris Hilton’s cell phone was hacked. Images and phone numbers from the phone were posted online and it didn’t take long for a user to post the link on Digg. The site started to receive an enormous amount of traffic and it was then, Rose says, he saw “the power of breaking stories before anyone else.”

Digg has been a force ever since. Acquisition offers have been made, Rose was on the cover of BusinessWeek and according to Alexa, Digg is in the top 100 most trafficked sites on the internet. The success hasn’t come without its share of problems though. The site has had to face services aimed at gaming the way stories hit the front page, as well as a user revolt. Digg has however been able to get over these hurdles as it continues to be one of the social news leaders.

Milestones

  • Handshake
    Digg acquired WeFollow. (10/15/09)
    Posted 10/15/09 at 8:21pm
  • Dollar
    Digg received $28.7M in Series C funding. (9/24/08)
    Posted 9/24/08 at 10:17am
  • Dollar
    Digg received $8.5M in Series B funding. (12/1/06)
    Posted 7/3/07 at 8:52pm
  • Dollar
    Digg received $2.8M in Series A funding. (10/1/05)
    Posted 7/3/07 at 8:56pm
  • Check
    Digg added Kiersten Hollars as Director of Communications.
    Posted 9/16/08 at 5:22pm
  • Check
    Digg added Daniel Burka as Creative Director.
    Posted 4/22/09 at 4:59am
  • Check
    Digg added Bob Buch as VP Business Development.
    Posted 3/30/09 at 4:47pm
  • Check
    Digg added Thomas Shin as Head of Sales.
    Posted 1/27/09 at 4:26pm
  • Check
    Digg added Scott Baker as Vice President, Operations.
    Posted 1/6/09 at 8:43am
  • Check
    Digg added Matt Van Horn as Business Development.
    Posted 9/24/08 at 10:24am
  • Check
    Digg added Mike Maser as Chief Strategy Officer.
    Posted 5/28/09 at 11:36pm
  • Check
    Digg added Anton Kast as VP of Research and Development.
    Posted 6/30/08 at 1:05am
  • Check
    Digg added Joe Stump as Lead Architect.
    Posted 5/31/08 at 2:34pm
  • Check
    Digg added Ron Gorodetzky as Senior Systems Administrator.
    Posted 5/25/07 at 12:07pm
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    Digg added Owen Byrne as Senior Software Engineer.
    Posted 5/25/07 at 12:06pm
  • Check
    Digg added Jay Adelson as Chief Executive Officer.
    Posted 5/25/07 at 12:05pm

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Above:

This video was originally published on Beet.TV

Added: 9/25/08
Above:

TechCrunch interview with Kevin Rose, April 2009

Added: 4/21/09

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Digg

Websitedigg.com
Blogblog.digg.com
StageLive
Launch DateNovember 1, 2004
Tags news, social, community

Digg is a user driven social content website split up into two sections – “Popular” stories and “Upcoming” stories. After you submit content it goes into the “Upcoming” stories section. This is where other people read your submission and “Digg” what they like best. If your story receives enough Diggs, it’s promoted to the “Popular” section and listed on the front page for other visitors to see. This effectively allows the Digg community to choose which stories are the best.

Users can also get involved in other ways. Every story has a “Bury” button to filter out bad links, off-topic content and duplicate entries. Stories also have comment sections where users can discuss the story at hand.

In addition to the site itself, Digg has released real-time Flash visualization tools and a Facebook application.

Digg also has an API that allows other sites to read data but not contribute them.

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