4 ms·diggby gaika 18y agodiggSwellJoe 18y agoWhy is this being down-voted? It's always been my understanding that Digg was originally written by contract programmers. Have I been lied to?paulgb 18y agoIt was contracted to Owen Byrne, an news.yc'er http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=ojbyrne http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=ojbyrnedeleted 18y ago[deleted]inovica 18y agoI saw that and voted you back up as it was my understanding too that it was contracted out initially