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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en" dir="ltr"> <head><script type="text/javascript" src="/_static/js/bundle-playback.js?v=HxkREWBo" charset="utf-8"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/_static/js/wombat.js?v=txqj7nKC" charset="utf-8"></script> <script>window.RufflePlayer=window.RufflePlayer||{};window.RufflePlayer.config={"autoplay":"on","unmuteOverlay":"hidden"};</script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/_static/js/ruffle/ruffle.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> __wm.init("http://web.archive.org/web"); __wm.wombat("http://about.digg.com:80/","20100208075220","http://web.archive.org/","web","/_static/", "1265615540"); </script> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/_static/css/banner-styles.css?v=S1zqJCYt" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/_static/css/iconochive.css?v=3PDvdIFv" />  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/> <title>What is Digg? | Digg About</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/web/20100208075220im_/http://about.digg.com/files/diggzen_favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon"/> <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="The Digg Blog - All Topics" href="/web/20100208075220/http://about.digg.com/feed/blog"/> <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="The Digg Blog - Company Blog" href="/web/20100208075220/http://about.digg.com/feed/blog/company"/> <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="The Digg Blog - Technology Blog" href="/web/20100208075220/http://about.digg.com/feed/blog/technology"/> <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="The Digg Blog - Community Blog" href="/web/20100208075220/http://about.digg.com/feed/blog/community"/> <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="The Digg Blog - Partnership Blog" href="/web/20100208075220/http://about.digg.com/feed/blog/partnership"/> <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="/web/20100208075220cs_/http://about.digg.com/sites/all/modules/codefilter/codefilter.css?6"/> <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="/web/20100208075220cs_/http://about.digg.com/sites/all/modules/views/css/views.css?6"/> <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="/web/20100208075220cs_/http://about.digg.com/files/css/css_e10168f84a295043355e50ee77a09b54.css"/> <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" media="print" href="/web/20100208075220cs_/http://about.digg.com/files/css/css_ee725c87ae39302f50ad0b2d78045841.css"/>  <script type="text/javascript" src="/web/20100208075220js_/http://about.digg.com/files/js/js_93870afe5a99f4ef36f53c6b00df94ae.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> <![CDATA[//><!]]> </script> </head> <body class="front not-logged-in node-type-page one-sidebar sidebar-left"> <div id="page"><div id="page-inner"> <div id="digg-header"> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100208075220/http://digg.com/" title="Back to Digg Home" class="digg-com">Back to Digg Home</a> Digg is a place to discover and share the best content from across the web.</p> </div> <a name="top" id="navigation-top"></a> <div id="skip-to-nav"><a href="#navigation">Skip to Navigation</a></div> <div id="header"><div id="header-inner" class="clear-block"> <div id="logo-title"> <div id="site-name"><strong> <a href="/web/20100208075220/http://about.digg.com/" title="Home" rel="home"> Digg About </a> </strong></div> <div id="site-slogan">Digg is a place to discover and share the best content from across the web.</div> </div>  </div></div>  <div id="main"><div id="main-inner" class="clear-block with-navbar"> <div id="content"><div id="content-inner"> <div id="content-header"> <h1 class="title">What is Digg?</h1> </div>  <div id="content-area"> <div id="node-7" class="node node-type-page"><div class="node-inner"> <div class="content"> <p>Digg is a place for people to discover and share content from anywhere on the web. From the biggest online destinations to the most obscure blog, Digg surfaces the best stuff as voted on by our users. You won’t find editors at Digg — we’re here to provide a place where people can collectively determine the value of content and we’re changing the way people consume information online.<br/> Take a Quick Tour of Digg</p> <p><a href="/web/20100208075220/http://about.digg.com/tour/1"><img src="/web/20100208075220im_/http://about.digg.com/files/page/images/about-diggguy.gif" class="right"></a></p> <p>How do we do this? Everything on Digg — from news to videos to images — is submitted by our community (that would be you). Once something is submitted, other people see it and Digg what they like best. If your submission rocks and receives enough Diggs, it is promoted to the front page for the millions of our visitors to see.</p> <p>And it doesn’t stop there. Because Digg is all about sharing and discovery, there’s a conversation that happens around the content. We’re here to promote that conversation and provide tools for our community to discuss the topics that they’re passionate about. By looking at information through the lens of the collective community on Digg, you’ll always find something interesting and unique. We’re committed to giving every piece of content on the web an equal shot at being the next big thing.</p> <h2>Recently on the Blog</h2> <p><div class="view view-blog view-id-blog view-display-id-embed_1 view-dom-id-1 clear-block"> <div class="view-content clear-block"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first clear-block"> <div id="node-507" class="node node-teaser node-type-blog"><div class="node-inner"> <h3 class="title"> <a href="/web/20100208075220/http://about.digg.com/blog/special-event-digg-dialogg-live-toyotas-us-president" title="Special Event: Digg Dialogg LIVE with Toyota's US President">Special Event: Digg Dialogg LIVE with Toyota's US President</a> </h3> <div class="meta"> <span class="submitted"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100208075220/http://digg.com/users/mmaser"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20100208075220im_/http://digg.com/users/mmaser/l.png"></a> by <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100208075220/http://digg.com/users/mmaser" title="View profile">Mike Maser</a> on February 2, 2010 - 8:00am </span> <span class="terms terms-inline"> in <ul class="links inline"><li class="taxonomy_term_1 first last"><a href="/web/20100208075220/http://about.digg.com/blog/company" rel="tag" title="The official Digg blog for company updates, research, new features and all kinds of other stuff in, on, around and about Digg.">Company</a></li> </ul></span> </div> <div class="content"> <p>Hi everyone -</p> <p>Let's make some news! </p> <p>In light of the recent <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100208075220/http://digg.com/search?s=toyota&sort=digg&fltdate=l7">controversy</a> around the Toyota vehicle recall, Digg is hosting an exclusive <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100208075220/http://digg.com/dialogg/jim_lentz_1">Digg Dialogg LIVE event</a> just days before the car maker testifies before Congress. We know there are a lot of open questions about how Toyota is dealing with this situation, and we're giving Toyota's top US executive, Jim Lentz, the opportunity to address them.</p> </div> </div></div>  </div> <div class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even clear-block"> <div id="node-506" class="node node-teaser node-type-blog"><div class="node-inner"> <h3 class="title"> <a href="/web/20100208075220/http://about.digg.com/blog/best-digg-january-comments" title="Best of Digg: January Comments">Best of Digg: January Comments</a> </h3> <div class="meta"> <span class="submitted"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100208075220/http://digg.com/users/tjdegroat"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20100208075220im_/http://digg.com/users/tjdegroat/l.png"></a> by <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100208075220/http://digg.com/users/tjdegroat" title="View profile">T.J. DeGroat</a> on February 2, 2010 - 3:51am </span> <span class="terms terms-inline"> in <ul class="links inline"><li class="taxonomy_term_1 first last"><a href="/web/20100208075220/http://about.digg.com/blog/company" rel="tag" title="The official Digg blog for company updates, research, new features and all kinds of other stuff in, on, around and about Digg.">Company</a></li> </ul></span> </div> <div class="content"> <p>We all know that Digg is a fantastic resource for discovering the most interesting content the Web has to offer. But just as entertaining as the submissions are the conversations the Digg community builds around the news stories, funny images and quirky videos that hit the homepage.</p> </div> </div></div>  </div> <div class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd views-row-last clear-block"> <div id="node-505" class="node node-teaser node-type-blog"><div class="node-inner"> <h3 class="title"> <a href="/web/20100208075220/http://about.digg.com/blog/testing-digg" title="Testing at Digg">Testing at Digg</a> </h3> <div class="meta"> <span class="submitted"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100208075220/http://digg.com/users/jdmccarthy"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20100208075220im_/http://digg.com/users/jdmccarthy/l.png"></a> by <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100208075220/http://digg.com/users/jdmccarthy" title="View profile">Jeremy McCarthy</a> on January 26, 2010 - 3:55am </span> <span class="terms terms-inline"> in <ul class="links inline"><li class="taxonomy_term_2 first last"><a href="/web/20100208075220/http://about.digg.com/blog/technology" rel="tag" title="A peek under the Digg hood for API developers, partners and technology geeks.">Technology</a></li> </ul></span> </div> <div class="content"> <p>The Quality Assurance team at Digg is always looking for new ways to break things. 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