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Re:Google Walks Away From Digg Deal by nir on Saturday July 26, 2008 @10:25AM (#257544)
I'd bet Google's Ph.D collection could could come up with an algorithm that performs as well as Digg's (that is, not very) on their own... The UI is of course no problem either.

The whole deal seems pointless. Some would claim it's for the userbase, but Digg/Reddit by now have self-selected themselves down to a notoriously bad userbase. Would you pay $200m for those guys?

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Re:Google Walks Away From Digg Deal by mattmaroon on Saturday July 26, 2008 @08:34PM (#257890)
Bad user base from what perspective? From the eyes of someone who likes the conversations on Hacker News, sure. From the perspective of a company that makes their business selling ads, probably not so much.
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