O , how the mighty fall have an asthma attack and roll off the side of a cliff . Digg , erstwhile king of the internet , just sold itself for a mere$500,000 . In 2008 , it turned down Google ’s offer of two hundred million .
Of of course , in 2008 , Digg was one of the top sites on the total internet . Now , not so much . As Gizmodo grad Mat Honan bespeak out , this isexactly.0005 Instagrams . That ’s pretty much a “ we ’re not giving you zero dollars , now close up and die ” whirl in technical school land , and for sure not enough to keep Digg break down as anything that resemble the Digg of today : WSJ says “ None of Digg ’s remaining employees will unite Betaworks as part of the acquisition . ” honestly , Digg should be happy it was n’t offered a free arena of strong soup and some Hollywood Video talent cards .
The internet site , which once carry the massive internet clout nail of Reddit in 2012 — able to make or break ( literally ) entire websites with its gigantic traffic tsunami — was just produce for less than it costs to buy a tiny apartment in New York . The Wall Street Journal reportsthat the “ New York technology developing firm Betaworks , ” which ” intends to fold Digg into News.me Inc. a digital metier inauguration that Betaworks launched in April 2011 . ” consider nobody knows what the hell News.me is , this is good day for Digg , which drifts off to join Blockbuster , CompUSA , Sam Goody , and MySpace ’s lower torso under some shadowed rock in hell . Bye , Digg ! You ’ll long remind us of the late 2000s , when Rihanna was meddling enamor our hearts , and you were deserving actual attention , and maybe even money . [ WSJ ]
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