<![CDATA[Gaming Digg costs $300 million, or at least an offer - Valleywag Comments]]> <![CDATA[Gaming Digg costs $300 million, or at least an offer - Valleywag Comments]]> <![CDATA[Gaming Digg costs $300 million, or at least an offer]]> Once rotated 180 degrees, it would be clear that the once-predicted successor--"Digg with a third 'g'"--would be proudly funded by Mephistopheles Venture Partners LLC, with offices on Sand Hill Road and Winter Street.

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]]> <![CDATA[Gaming Digg costs $300 million, or at least an offer]]> To be fair, I've talked to Kevin, Jay, and others at Digg at length about how the Digg algorithm works and they haven't had any qualms about sharing the info you listed above. And I'm not in acquisition talks with them.

The "detailed information" that they were given is pretty common knowledge among Digg users/submitters. The algorithm looks for "diversity," and penalizes stories that are dugg by what appears to be some sort of cohort, or a group of Digg users who always digg the same stories.

It's more likely that some clueless exec got a standard explanation of how the algorithm works, and he thinks it's exclusive information. If it makes him feel special, and helps in the acquisition talks, I'm sure Digg employees will let him keep thinking that.

Mike Malone

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