Digg to allow users to vote for many types of news

Iria · Jun 23, 2006, 03:16 AM

Source: Reuters
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Digg.com, a tech-news phenomenon that has readers recommend online articles to others, is expanding to let users also vote for the most popular general news, entertainment stories or videos, the company said on Thursday.

Challenging a long-held journalistic assumption that editors know best what people want to read, the 18-month-old San Francisco start-up has surged to become one of the most widely read sources of technology news on the Web.

The site (http://digg.com/) ranks as the third-most-visited U.S. site dedicated to technology news, up from No. 8 late last year, according to Web traffic firm Hitwise. Digg has 304,000 registered users, but attracted 8.5 million visitors in May, indicating many just watch for what news junkies consider hot.

Jun 23, 2006, 03:16 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Digg to allow users to vote for many types of news Source: Reuters ____________ SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Digg.com, a tech-news phenomenon that has readers recommend online articles to others, is expanding to let users also vote for the most popular general news, entertainment stories or videos, the company said on Thursday. Challenging a long-held journalistic assumption that editors know best what people want to read, the 18-month-old San Francisco start-up has surged to become one of the most widely read sources of technology news on the Web. The site (http://digg.com/) ranks as the third-most-visited U.S. site dedicated to technology news, up from No. 8 late last year, according to Web traffic firm Hitwise. Digg has 304,000 registered users, but attracted 8.5 million visitors in May, indicating many just watch for what news junkies consider hot.