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Yep, (they paid a lot more than that) and it's probably worth it imo. Half the battle with web 2.0 sites is getting enough users to get the ball rolling. Digg

by soup10 14y ago

Yep, (they paid a lot more than that) and it's probably worth it imo. Half the battle with web 2.0 sites is getting enough users to get the ball rolling. Digg already has that, and all they have to do is "reinvent" themselves with a great design and a focus on some set of users that aren't being well served by other community websites. Personally I'd try to target groups that reddit alienates.

yoasif_ 14y ago
> Personally I'd try to target groups that reddit alienates. Who are these groups? I'm (re)starting development of my own social news site, and I'm looking for a userbase to cater to.
- Sergggg 14y ago
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  - SwellJoe 14y ago
    I believe that market is already well covered (https://www.4chan.org/ https://www.4chan.org/).
  - DanBC 14y ago
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- jaredsohn 14y ago
  You could try creating a conservative-bent social news site (as suggested here in 2008: http://mattmaroon.com/2008/10/11/conservative-social-news/ http://mattmaroon.com/2008/10/11/conservative-social-news/). As the article mentions, it can be harder to do so since the Internet as a whole leans left, but as it continues to become more mainstream someone could maybe make it work.
  - cabalamat 14y ago
    There are plenty of conservative-leaning subreddits, and it's easy to create your own.
- mnicole 14y ago
  Women?
Tobu 14y ago
Again, betaworks paid 500K for domain, code (which they're throwing away), and data (and I'm not optimistic that they'll keep anything but the user accounts). What's left of the team went to WaPo, and LinkedIn bought some bullshit feature patents.