Comments on: Report: Google in acquisition talks with Digg

Social-news site, a perpetual target of acquisition rumors, is in "final negotiations" to sell itself to Google for $200 million, sources tell TechCrunch.

[nazzdeq]

That leaves http://www.subbmitt.com as the only decent independent social news site.

[kieranmullen]

Digg is not independent. It is full of spam, people who post the same juvenile stories over and over again and viewers who will never buy anything from the advertisements.
KieranMullen

[kieranmullen]

Digg is not independent. It is full of spam, people who post the same juvenile stories over and over again and viewers who will never buy anything from the advertisements.
KieranMullen

[n3td3v]

I don't think Digg is worth buy, its not a long term investment, its got lots of uncertainties attached to it like user revolts. I see Digg as a novelty web site that's gonna go out of fashion pretty soon, in the next 2 years.

[ralfthedog]

That may be why Google wants to buy them. The price is relatively cheep because of the things you posted, but Google thinks they can turn it around.

Sometimes it is better to buy a company that is failing, but only when you have the skills to revive it.

[unknown unknown]

Digg is run by 14 year olds, and the content reflects that. It's novelty and usefulness have long since faded.

[Ilgaz]

Those 14 year olds are a web marketers or any advertisers dream. Try selling an iPhone to 50 year old businessman and imagine himself posting fanboy junk to some social news site. ;)

[Massimo Di Pierro]

Hey Google, Reddish is for sale (http://web2py.appspot.com) already runs on your platform and it is cheap (because no users). Do you really to buy Digg users?

[RobertinOhio]

Good point. Does google really want to absorb those "people" who comment and run digg.com? I hope Google.com gets a DISCOUNT! Firing all of those people who run digg.com should be the first thing Google does.

[RobertinOhio]

HAHAHA! Digg is getting bought out by Google! Guess who'll be back. :) (well consider I do have multiple accounts there...another HA).

On a side note, Digg is most certainly NOT a welcoming...anything. Entire teams of roving hitman digging down comments, groups paid by SEO hacks to make comments, and political ownership of comments. I sure hope Google CLEANS HOUSE when they acquire it starting with the scum who gets paid to make or digg comments.

[slackgen]

Digg does not worth to buy. <a href="http://www.onlineflashgames.org">Games</a>