The buyer is New York technology development firm Betaworks, which is attempting to revive a news-sharing site that was outmaneuvered by Facebook Inc. FB -0.52% and Twitter Inc.
"outmaneuvered by Facebook and Twitter"? No. Digg's wounds were all self-inflicted. Between the "power users" and efforts to monetize the site it took on the look and feel of one of those fake news sites created to snare Googlers.
"outmaneuvered by Facebook and Twitter"? No. Digg's wounds were all self-inflicted. Between the "power users" and efforts to monetize the site it took on the look and feel of one of those fake news sites created to snare Googlers.