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Social news and bookmark site Reddit has been working lately to battle against its stereotyping as the less-significant, red-headed stepchild to Digg . After Digg-founder Kevin Rose revealed Digg's July traffic numbers on his blog, Reddit administrator and programmer KeyserSosa publicly requested that the "entire mainstream media" quit with the diminutive adjectives already, as Reddit looks to have more traffic, not less, than Digg.
Reddit to Mainstream Media: We Ain't "Small" [Infographic]
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We've heard recently of CISPA, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act , a bill currently making its way through Congress that many are calling the latest incarnation of SOPA. Reader SolKeshNaranek points out an article at Techdirt explaining exactly why this bill is bad , and how its backers are trying to deflect criticism by using language that's different and rather vague.
Slashdot Struggles to Remain Relevant in The Social Web
Earlier today we published an analysis of the top traffic drivers in social media , based on data from Web analytics company Woopra .
La crise financière mondiale actuelle, déclenchée par l’effondrement des crédits immobiliers hypothécaires, a mis à rude épreuve l’activité économique, et le private equity n’en est pas sorti indemne.
Quel avenir pour le Private Equity ? | ParisTechReview
If you’ve ever wanted to grab a piece of some of the hottest web startups in Silicon Valley and elsewhere, the upcoming initial public offering of Russian investment fund Digital Sky Technologies could be just what you’re looking for. The company has been widely rumored to be looking at a public share issue, and a report in the New York Times says that it has chosen Goldman Sachs as the lead underwriter for the IPO , which is expected to arrive sometime in 2011.
DST: A Mutual Fund of Hot Startups, With a Russian Accent
The social games market has exploded onto the startup scene in the last three years. We all know about the remarkable growth of companies in this space, yet we tend to forget that Zynga was founded in July 2007 . But the social games business has clearly entered a new phase of institutionalization.
Lee Hower - Blog - The Institutionalization of Social Games... Get Used to It
Google: The search party is over - Fortune Tech
Yes, the company is still growing at rates that would be the envy of the rest of the Fortune 500.
Social Site Reddit Shows Off Traffic Data – Puts Alexa, Compete, Quantcast To Shame
If you don’t know Reddit , you have been missing out on one of the best websites online.
A week ago, social news and bookmark site Reddit sent out a call for help to its users.
Reddit Calls Out "Experts" for "Misunderestimating" Its Traffic
In case you missed it, here is some back story: social news and discussion website Reddit needed more money for servers and people to run them.
Reddit Goes Freemium In Huge Social Experiment
Reddit Proves Donations Can Work: Site Gets New Features, Server
Remember that whole thing, where social news and bookmark site Reddit came out asking its users for donations without offering any specific features or much of anything in return? Well, it looks like it's working. While the Reddit team only offered its "undying gratitude and an optional trophy", it looks like users have gotten some new site functionality and even a potentially more stable site in return for their donations.Propeller is a social news portal, meaning that it is programmed by you - the audience. Our members post links to stories from all over the Web.