Digg was created by Kevin Rose, Owen Byrne, Ron Gorodetzky, and Jay Adelson. Everyone apart from Owen Byrne is still heavily involved in the site. The beta version launched late 2004 and back then there were only about 200 users (mostly Rose’s friends). At the end of 2005, TechCrunch reported on Digg’s rapid growth and upwards trajectory. They compared the site with its inspiration and chief competitor- Slashdot. We go over the entire Digg timeline in the graphic below.
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The social networking industry has taken all of us by storm and its difficult to go about your day without hearing a friend, a co-worker throw that term around like its going to change the world! Fortunately or not Digg has done just that. With millions of users, digg has become a reputable force in the social industry. We now know where they all began.
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Rate Rush spent the past two weeks collecting data and studying trends between popular links on Digg and Reddit.
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