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Digg is a Website with an emphasis on Technology and science news. It combines Social Bookmarking , Blogging , and Syndication with a form of non-hierarchical, Democratic editorial control. News stories and websites are submitted by users, and then promoted to the front page through a user-based ranking system. This differs from the hierarchical editorial system that many other news sites employ (such as the popular tech site Slashdot ). HOW DIGG WORKS Readers can view all of the stories that have been submitted by fellow users in the "digg all" section of the site. Once a story has received enough "diggs", roughly 30 or more within a certain time period, it appears on Digg's front page. Should the story not receive enough diggs, or if enough users make use of the problem report feature to point out issues with the submission, the story will remain in the "digg all" area. Articles are short summaries of stories on other websites with links to the stories, and provisions for readers to comment on the story. All content and access to the site is free, but registration is compulsory for certain elements, such as promoting ("digging") stories, submitting stories and comment on stories. Digg also allows for stories to be posted to a user's blog automatically when he or she diggs a story. As of December 2005 , there are over 100,000 registered Digg users. Stories can be submitted in sixteen different categories which include; Deals , Gaming , Links , Mods , Music , Robots , Security , Technology , Apple , Design , Hardware , Linux / Unix , Movies , Programming , Science and Software . A separate category titled ''Digg News'' is reserved for special announcements relating to the site, and can only be used by Digg administrators. SITE FEATURES Problem reporting To help remove duplicate, spam or offensive story submissions, Digg.com allows users to report such posts. When a story has been reported enough times, it is automatically removed from the queue and/or buried by the Digg software. Story reporting options include: duplicate story, bad link, spam, old news, ok this is lame, inaccurate. Comment rating In March 4 , 2006 , Digg switched to a threaded comment system. The new system allows users to reply to another users comment, without having to quote someone by copying and pasting. Much like the popular Slashdot and modeled after the Reddit commenting system, Digg users are able to rate other users' comments. This ensures that spam and/or offensive comments stay virtually invisible. User comments are under a 'digg' system much like the stories on the rest of the site are. User comments can be 'dugg' which can make a comment more visible, and 'buried' making a comment less visible. HISTORY Digg started out as an experiment in November (who serves as CEO), all of whom currently play an active role in the management of the site. "We started working on developing the site back in October 2004," Kevin Rose told Richard MacManus of ZDNet ZDnet "We started toying around with the idea a couple of months prior to that, but it was early October when we actually started creating what would become the beta version of digg. The site launched to the world on December 5th 2004." Although the Domain Name of Digg is registered under the name Jerimiah Udy, he is not one of the original founders of Digg, but rather a friend of Kevin Rose's. The domain name was registered under Jerimiah's name because Rose did not want others to know that he was associated with Digg. He wanted Digg to stand on its own and not become a Message Board for all things he personally stood for. Kevin Rose's friend David Prager ( The Screen Savers , This Week In Tech ) originally wanted to call the site “Diggnation”, but Kevin wanted a simpler name. He chose the name "Digg", because users are able to "dig" stories, out of those submitted, up to the front page. The site was called “Digg” instead of “Dig” because the domain name “dig.com” was previously registered by the Walt Disney Company . “Diggnation” would eventually be used as the title of Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht's Weekly Podcast . The original design was free of advertisements, and was designed by Dan Rice . But as Digg became more popular, Google AdSense was added to generate revenue. The site was updated in July of 2005, to "version 2.0". The new Digg featured a friends list, the ability to "digg" a story without being redirected to a "success" page, and a new interface designed by Daniel Burka Daniel Burka , of the web design company silverorange . After the redesign, some users complained about the lack of the simplistic, minimalist layout used in the original version of Digg. The site developers have stated that in future versions a more minimalist design will likely be employed. Digg has grown large enough that submissions sometimes create a sudden swarm of traffic to the "dugg" website. This is referred to by some Digg users as "the Digg Effect " (a play on " Slashdot Effect "), and by some others as the site being "dugg to death". Timeline
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