Digg - SocialTimes http://socialtimes.com Your Social Media Source Copyright 2012 Mon, 28 May 2012 03:37:47 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Digg’s Future Is Uncertain as Tech Team Heads to Washington Post Digg faces an uncertain future as the Washington Post prepares to “acquihire” the aggregation site’s technology team, according to a report by AllThingsD. Insert graveyard pun here.

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]]> Devon Glenn http://socialtimes.com/diggs-future-is-uncertain-as-tech-team-heads-to-washington-post_b95352#disqus_thread http://socialtimes.com/diggs-future-is-uncertain-as-tech-team-heads-to-washington-post_b95352 http://socialtimes.com/?p=95352 Tue, 01 May 2012 13:07:36 +0000 Digg Founder Kevin Rose Joins Google, Shuts Down Oink Google has hired Digg founder Kevin Rose, AllThingsD reports.  The news follows the announcement that Rose’s mobile development lab, Milk, Inc.,  has shut down its food recommendation app, Oink.

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]]> Devon Glenn http://socialtimes.com/digg-founder-kevin-rose-joins-google-shuts-down-oink_b91776#disqus_thread http://socialtimes.com/digg-founder-kevin-rose-joins-google-shuts-down-oink_b91776 http://socialtimes.com/?p=91776 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 12:51:00 +0000 Digg Is Looking for a Few Good Beta Men (and Women) Just days after the beta rollout of Digg Newswire, Digg put out the call for beta-testers for what it called its “next innovation.”

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]]> David Cohen http://socialtimes.com/digg-is-looking-for-a-few-good-beta-men-and-women_b74037#disqus_thread http://socialtimes.com/digg-is-looking-for-a-few-good-beta-men-and-women_b74037 http://socialtimes.com/?p=74037 Mon, 15 Aug 2011 11:30:58 +0000 Digg Newswire Aimed at the Content Curator in You Digg is reaching out to the wanna-be content curators among its user base with its beta rollout of Digg Newswire, which allows them to help shape which stories are featured on Digg.

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]]> David Cohen http://socialtimes.com/digg-newswire-aimed-at-the-content-curator-in-you_b73437#disqus_thread http://socialtimes.com/digg-newswire-aimed-at-the-content-curator-in-you_b73437 http://socialtimes.com/?p=73437 Tue, 09 Aug 2011 16:34:30 +0000 Penn Museum Hip to Social Media Being the community manager of a museum doesn’t mean that you can’t use modern technology to promote your place of employment. Just ask Josh Lawrence of the Penn Museum.

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]]> David Cohen http://socialtimes.com/penn-museum-hip-to-social-media_b71343#disqus_thread http://socialtimes.com/penn-museum-hip-to-social-media_b71343 http://socialtimes.com/?p=71343 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:00:35 +0000 Not Digging That Digg? Undigg! Having second thoughts about that Digg? No worries: There’s an Undigg button now.

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]]> David Cohen http://socialtimes.com/not-digging-that-digg-undigg_b69668#disqus_thread http://socialtimes.com/not-digging-that-digg-undigg_b69668 http://socialtimes.com/?p=69668 Thu, 07 Jul 2011 14:55:07 +0000 The Digg Chronicle: Digg Content in Newspaper Form Digg is getting into the virtual newspaper business, announcing the launch of The Digg Chronicle, along with a revised Top News — Trending feature, and improved viewing of photos and videos.

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]]> David Cohen http://socialtimes.com/the-digg-chronicle-digg-content-in-newspaper-form_b68621#disqus_thread http://socialtimes.com/the-digg-chronicle-digg-content-in-newspaper-form_b68621 http://socialtimes.com/?p=68621 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 12:51:10 +0000 Digg Experiments with Changes to Top News Algorithm Digg announced another series of tweaks to its Top News algorithm in its continuing attempt to refine the content that appears on users’ homepages.

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]]> David Cohen http://socialtimes.com/digg-experiments-with-changes-to-top-news-algorithm_b57543#disqus_thread http://socialtimes.com/digg-experiments-with-changes-to-top-news-algorithm_b57543 http://socialtimes.com/?p=57543 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 14:25:41 +0000 Is Mashable Turning Itself Into A Social Network With Mashable Follow? Mashable bills itself as “The Social Media Guide,” so its launch Thursday of social layer Mashable Follow is a logical step.   Here are some details of the public launch, and we’ll have more soon as Social Times gets an exclusive interview with Pete Cashmore, the founder of Mashable.

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]]> David Cohen http://socialtimes.com/is-mashable-turning-itself-into-a-social-network-with-mashable-follow_b56444#disqus_thread http://socialtimes.com/is-mashable-turning-itself-into-a-social-network-with-mashable-follow_b56444 https://socialtimes.com/?p=56444 Thu, 07 Apr 2011 10:15:32 +0000 Next Up on Digg Dialogg: Guy Kawasaki The subject of the next Digg Dialogg will be author, “evangelist,” and strategist, Guy Kawasaki, who is in the process of promoting Enchantment, book No. 10 for him, in which he discusses how to influence people without compromising ethics.

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]]> David Cohen http://socialtimes.com/next-up-on-digg-dialogg-guy-kawasaki_b56115#disqus_thread http://socialtimes.com/next-up-on-digg-dialogg-guy-kawasaki_b56115 https://socialtimes.com/?p=56115 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 19:10:50 +0000 Reverse Pay Wall from Digg? April Fool! Paywalls were a popular April Fool’s Day subject, as Digg followed up the paywall that exclusively targeted employees of The New York Times and Winnipeg residents, “announced” earlier Friday by The Huffington Post Media Group president and editor-in-chief Arianna Huffington, with its own take on the concept: the reverse paywall.

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]]> David Cohen http://socialtimes.com/reverse-pay-wall-from-digg-april-fool_b55327#disqus_thread http://socialtimes.com/reverse-pay-wall-from-digg-april-fool_b55327 https://socialtimes.com/?p=55327 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 18:20:21 +0000 Digg CEO Matt Williams: Kevin Rose’s Role Not Changing Digg finally officially addressed the rumors and speculation about the departure of founder and Diggnation host Kevin Rose (pictured) that surfaced late last week in a blog post by CEO Matt Williams, in which he emphasized that Rose’s role had not changed since he stepped back from day-to-day decisions last September. Highlights:

We’ve been hearing a lot about how Kevin Rose is launching something new. Everyone knows Kevin is an entrepreneur at heart, and he’s had many projects in the works over the past several years. We’re excited to see what he comes up with next. Kevin continues to be committed to Digg’s success; his role as founder, board member, and Diggnation host remains unchanged. When I took over as CEO last September, Kevin stepped back from the day-to-day decisions. I’m proud of the great team we’ve got at Digg, and they’re the ones to credit for the changes you’ve seen and the new direction we’re pursuing.

When I joined Digg, we had just released a product that was not ready for primetime. It really upset our users. Over the first few months, we dropped in the number of daily visitors and page views. But through this crisis, the lines of communication between Digg and our users opened to unprecedented levels. We received tens of thousands of comments and suggestions from the Digg community about how to restore the site they loved.

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]]> David Cohen http://socialtimes.com/digg-ceo-matt-williams-kevin-rose%e2%80%99s-role-not-changing_b13058#disqus_thread http://socialtimes.com/digg-ceo-matt-williams-kevin-rose%e2%80%99s-role-not-changing_b13058 http://www.mediabistro.com/webnewser/?p=13058 Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:30:28 +0000 Digg Tweaks News Filters, Search, About Page Digg released another series of updates, which include the ability to filter My News by activity type, an updated site header for searching, and a better About site with improved navigation. More from software engineer Will Larson via the Digg Blog:

When a user logs into Digg for the first time, they are now taken directly to their My News Trending page, filled with the most active stories on Digg. Above the list of stories is a brief explanation of how to get started on Digg with links to our more comprehensive explanation on about.digg.com (We have also made a “Getting Started on Digg” video, which will be included soon). All other components of onboarding have been moved into modules on the right column.

To increase quality in the initial experience, we released My News Trending. My News Trending has a major feature that accounts for the improved experience: It is always full of stories. This means that even if you are a brand new user who hasn’t followed a soul or Dugg a story, you will immediately find interesting and timely content.

We developed a module framework for the right column that customizes modules by examining the current user and page. So rather than asking users to immediately pick people to follow and social networks to connect, those steps are spread out over multiple modules. Since only a few modules are ever shown on any given page, the onboarding is distributed over a longer time, reducing friction. Now users can take their time tuning their Digg experience, rather than attempting a huge setup and configuration the first time they create an account and log in.

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]]> David Cohen http://socialtimes.com/digg-tweaks-news-filters-search-about-page_b54780#disqus_thread http://socialtimes.com/digg-tweaks-news-filters-search-about-page_b54780 http://www.mediabistro.com/webnewser/?p=13017 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 11:17:03 +0000 Ben Folk-Williams Joins Digg as VP, Engineering Digg announced that it filled its vacant vice president of engineering post with Ben Folk-Williams, who had held the same title with Vast for the past four years.

Prior to Vast, Folk-Williams led engineering at Coremetrics.

Digg CEO Matt Williams said:

This has been our most important role to fill at Digg. We were looking for someone who has led the development of a scalable platform, built strong teams, demonstrated operational excellence for website performance, and has a history of developer-driven product innovation. We came across Ben and realized he fits all of those qualities, and many more — including being a longtime Digg user.

Ben has been coding since fourth grade, loves big data problems and high-volume websites, and can often be seen in coffee shops in the Mission district (and now walking over to Potrero!).

Folk-Williams added:

Digg has fantastic fundamentals — a great brand, 20 million monthly uniques, with a very passionate core community, committed investors, and an exceptional team. Digg is uniquely positioned to redefine how people discover news, and it’s great to be a part of that.

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]]> David Cohen http://socialtimes.com/ben-folk-williams-joins-digg-as-vp-engineering_b54768#disqus_thread http://socialtimes.com/ben-folk-williams-joins-digg-as-vp-engineering_b54768 http://www.mediabistro.com/webnewser/?p=12874 Mon, 14 Mar 2011 18:41:44 +0000 More Updates, You Digg? Digg refuses to stand pat, announcing another wave of updates in a post by software engineer Will Larson on the Digg Blog.

All Digg users have been migrated to its new design. A new trending order was created for My News, mixing in the most active content from Top News to prevent shortages of content.

The Who Dugg This module is easier to find, as are the Top Comments from the previous day, thanks to redesigned modules. And the Find People page also underwent a revamp.

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