Reddit is taking a page out of Fark's and others playbooks, selling spots on its page. Most users of sites such as Plime don't like traditional ads. There are companies who pay people to secretly post articles to increase their traffic. Take out the middleman and allow for sponsored articles = potentially millions of $$$$ picked by 2manyusernames 8 months ago

Operates much like Plime, digg, etc.
The social bookmarking way of finding the best tutorials and lessons (no signup necessary) out there. picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago

Which is your favourite? picked by madalinmadalin 3 years ago

I read an article yesterday, blaming Digg for good stories being ignored. More than anything else, his argument shows that Thomas Kostigen has no clue what he is talking about when it comes to social media. picked by msaleem 3 years ago

A rant on Digg, and promotion for plime, and other Digg competitors. picked by JMHX316 2 years ago

The findings give weight to the common notion that rejection "hurts" by showing that a gene regulating the body's most potent painkillers — mu-opioids — is involved in socially painful experiences too, said study co-author Naomi Eisenberger, UCLA assistant professor of psychology and director of UCLA's Social and Affective Neuroscience Laboratory. picked by kakana 3 months ago

PLIME made the list!
PLIME made the list!

We're somebody now!! picked by tigertony 1 year ago

New research suggests that 25% of people in the UK suffer from some form of paranoia.
Will paranoia worsen as we move towards complex personal surveillance, the result of the heavy use of social networking sites such as Facebook? picked by ThirDeye 2 months ago

An audience of search marketers examining social media sites such as Digg.com and Reddit.com see them as a goldmine of lucrative Web traffic. picked by DemureArt 2 years ago

So about two or three weeks ago I was watching Juice I think and I came up with a couple of IMO really good social media yo mama jokes, since then I have been trying to think of 3 more to get my top 5 list and thanks to a bit of help from Mr David Towers I have them. picked by iamamaniac 5 months ago

Interested in joining a community based site but not sure which one is right for you? There are many different options out there that will cater to your specific interests and demographic. picked by Bornbad 9 months ago

PC Magazine offers an extensive listing of 99 great web sites that haven't quite reached the heights of popularity they deserve - yet. Check them out now while still new. picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago

The White House is collecting and storing comments and videos placed on its social-networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube without notifying or asking the consent of the site users, a failure that appears to run counter to President Obama's promise of a transparent government and his pledge to protect privacy on the Internet. picked by shuallyo 2 months ago

Get high PR backlinks by blogging press releases at PRWeb, and using their trackback feature. picked by kjagot 3 years ago

Social networking Web sites such as Facebook and MySpace may increase the risk of health problems as serious as cancer, strokes and dementia by altering the way genes work, according to a report in the Biologist journal. picked by hogstr 9 months ago

An astonishing number of stories related to HD-DVD encryption keys have gone missing in action from digg.com, in many cases along with the account of the diggers who submitted them. Diggers are in open revolt against the moderators and are retaliating in clever and inventive ways. At one point, the entire front page comprised only stories that in one way or another were related to the hex number. ... read full post picked by sholom22 3 years ago

Scientists have found the remains of an omnivorous dinosaur in Argentina. This find is considered a missing link between carnivorous dinosaurs and giant four-footed herbivores. Link above is summary. For actual paper titled, A Basal Sauropodomorph (Dinosauria: Saurischia) from the Ischigualasto Formation (Triassic, Carnian) and the Early Evolution of Sauropodomorpha, click here picked by 2manyusernames 10 months ago

InvespBlog has published what it claims is an interview with a top Digg user - someone who has a 34% success ratio in getting submitted stories to the home page of Digg. The Digg user isn ’t named - he or she says “I have a reputation to withhold” (we know what they meant). picked by cactushair 1 year ago

Here’s a collection of 115 social bookmark and news sites ranked by PageRank, number of links and value of each site. picked by Bearsuit 2 years ago

The recent news of sites being unbanned from Digg may have been a red herring thrown at us to divert our attention from the full impact of a new Digg feature. I am talking about Digg's new "auto bury" feature. picked by charbarred 3 years ago