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Re:Google Walks Away From Digg Deal by nir on Saturday July 26, 2008 @10:29AM (#257547)
>With "zillions" of users they will find a way to make money eventually

Either that or the next thing comes along and they move on. See Slashdot before and after Digg.

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Re:Google Walks Away From Digg Deal by william42 on Saturday July 26, 2008 @03:39PM (#257724)
An uptick in quality?

(Seriously, what digg did was to pull all the people stupid enough to install Alexa.)

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Re:Google Walks Away From Digg Deal by nir on Sunday July 27, 2008 @06:02PM (#258442)
Yeah, maybe there's two periods when a site like Slashdot or Digg is good - before the masses arrive and after they leave.. It's the bell curve upside down :)
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