If you were a top Digg user, you had clout (not klout, that’s for newbies, stick with me here) in the newly emerging Web 2.0 Digg, the once frontrunner of the pack, started mindlessly catering to the publishers only. And now Digg’s been sold. Digg has been sold to BetaWorks for 500k (ok maybe more like 16million if you count the IP rights with LinkedIn and Washington Post ). Don’t forget one of the biggest potential moments for Digg with a whopping $200 million Google  acquisition that was rumored to be on the table. Early Times. world. MORE >>

One of the biggest complaints of Digg has always been in sorting. Newswire, a new Digg feature still in limited beta, appears to be addressing the issue nicely. Newswire gives users the ability to look at both what’s trending and what’s most recent and filter the results based upon categories and media type. It’s almost exactly like the Upcoming section except it adds two strong new features: minimum and maximum Digg counts and activity updates without refreshing. The Newswire is here to let you slice, dice and explore the freshest content on Digg. MORE >>

The rise of Reddit and the steady decline of Digg have been well documented. Anecdotally we’ve all seen Reddit gain in prominence at a time when Digg has struggled to maintain its relevancy. So I pulled the 2009-2011 Reddit and Digg referral figures for selection of 12 major magazine and Web-only content sites. First a look at the total combined traffic for all 12 sites in 2009-2011: The trend lines tell the story loud and clear: traffic from Reddit is way up and traffic from Digg is way down. Conversely Digg dropped from 31+ million in 2009 down to 4.6 MORE >>

The tools they evaluate include the standards like Facebook and Twitter but the sheet includes 14 different sites including the likes of Pinterest (of course) and Reddit , Digg and Slideshare too. Social Media Strategy Trends Business Digg Facebook Pinterest Reddit Slideshare Social media TwitterAs I travel the country, teaching people how to integrate social media into their marketing efforts — I often get asked — if I only have time to invest in one social media tool or site — which one is best? Naturally, my answer is the definitive — it depends. MORE >>

TechCrunch's Sarah Lacy practically writes an epitaph today for Digg following news that the company's cofounder Kevin Rose, the face of the company since its inception, had resigned to pursue a new and unannounced startup. The backdrop of her story is a detailed article she wrote on Rose and the Digg phenomenon back in 2006, when she, then writing for BusinessWeek, placed Kevin on the cover with a youthful grin and headline blaring how he was worth $60 million. That Kevin had shifted priorities away from Digg some time ago was no secret to those who watched. Same people. MORE >>