When Social Media Becomes the Media

Friday, November 28th, 2008

In another example of how social media becomes the entertaining news, “Why I love digg” submitted by inputname on Digg shows us once again why we all love this stuff.

read more | digg story

StumbleUpon Commentary | Social Media Sites Will Get Even Better

Sunday, November 16th, 2008

The following commentary was posted in reply to a fast growing Digg story about frustration with StubbleUpon (SU).

Social media platforms are all looking for the right model and balance.  I’m not sure why this user is under review but I hope it’s not for promoting his own sites.  These tools need to be smarter than [...]

Twitter Record: Digg Post on Twitter’s Hockey Stick Moment

Sunday, November 16th, 2008

October was a good month for Twitter. All those election Tweets brought a 25 percent increase in U.S. visitors from the month before… [Digg Story Currently Going Popular] read more | digg story

Twitter is also more than a social networking tool. Securing a niche in the critical viral social media space is of significant [...]

Digg will be back soon!

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

The popular social media site Digg was temporarily down Thursday night. When you are big and getting bigger, it’s expected that you’ll need a maintenance or bug break every now and then.
Ok, so what do we do now…

Digg Funding

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

Looks like Digg has a new round of funding.  Kevin Rose may have cashed in on this round.
Digg has raised $28.7 million in a Series C round of funding. The company made the announcement earlier this morning. Highland Capital Partners is leading the current round, which will see Highland partner Richard de Silva join Digg’s [...]