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Comments on: Report: Digg walked away from $100 million offer from Al Gore

Executives Kevin Rose and Jay Adelson took issue with the level of control they'd have over their social news site if it were acquired, writer Sarah Lacy says in her new book.

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by Truth Speaker May 14, 2008 5:52 PM PDT
Digg has gone downhill so fast it would be surprising if anyone paid to acquire them. The articles are boring and unreadable and the interesting contributors have left.

Good luck polishing that one!
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by Truth Speaker May 14, 2008 5:55 PM PDT
It would be surprising if anyone paid to acquire them now that the interesting contributors have left. Good luck polishing that one.
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by Orion Blastar May 14, 2008 6:09 PM PDT
Digg has become ultra-liberal and votes down any story that doesn't give the ultra-liberal view on things. Reddit is not that much different. Even Al Gore is seen as right-wing to Digg.
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by johnalphonse-22167694933540745 May 15, 2008 1:28 PM PDT
Gee, I question the legitimacy of this info from Digg because a hundred million could give a startup quite a bit of "control" on another startup project, and lack of foresight on the buyer's part could have made for a good deal for the Diggers... A hundred million?
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by johnalphonse-22167694933540745 May 15, 2008 1:37 PM PDT
Gee, I question the legitimacy of this info because a hundred million could give a startup quite a bit of "control" on another startup project, and lack of foresight on the buyer's part could have made for a good deal for the Diggers... A hundred million?
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