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Re: Reddit gets to Digg-ify Conde Nast

Eric Berlin — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 18:18:48 -0000

I agree that it's a very interesting acquisition, Mathew. I'm fascinated to see how much potential there is/will be for social news verticals, or players to fill in space that digg isn't covering (perhaps that's a better way to phrase it!).

Reddit does what it does very well: very simple, clean, and a good mix of stories (tech, non-tech, political, odd ball). I hope they continue to do well.

Re: Reddit gets to Digg-ify Conde Nast

Mathew Ingram — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 16:44:57 -0000

That sounds about right.

Re: Reddit gets to Digg-ify Conde Nast

Seth Finkelstein — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 16:37:50 -0000

http://reddit.com/info/olu8...

One of the foundes (I think) said the 65 million claim was [pulled out of] "Thin Air".

Re: Reddit gets to Digg-ify Conde Nast

Tony — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 15:23:55 -0000

Nice -- although I do remember reading something from somewhere about the problem with popularity-inspired journalism. Most stories ended up being about sex scandals, explosions, or gratuitous sexy explosions.

Not that much different than today's news ... but, more so, I suppose ;)

Re: Reddit gets to Digg-ify Conde Nast

chartreuse — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 15:16:07 -0000

Very smart move. I'm a Vanity Fair fan.

Re: Reddit gets to Digg-ify Conde Nast

Mathew Ingram — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 14:43:04 -0000

I hope not, Ed. If it is, then I would expect more of my posts to involve Star Wars and/or the Sports lllustrated Swimsuit edition :-)

Re: Reddit gets to Digg-ify Conde Nast

Ed Lee — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 14:20:02 -0000

Does this mean we're one step closer to journalists being paid by the clicks?
Ed