"diggtownhall" Stories

Prediction: Another Waste of Time?

Thoughts of Digg dominate our story selections this week. Our other Stories of the Week include a couple of interesting pics from Mixx, while Jay goes political on our asses by bringing up some awesome videos that dominated social media last week.

The Digg Town Hall Meetings so far have been like bad sex in a bad relationship. There's too much time in between causing a buildup that has to be released. When the climax finally comes, it's too short and completely disappointing.

Essentially, the 45-minute answer session seemed to almost seemed to be a “Yes, we hear your bitchememes, there’s not much we can do about how people choose to use it, get over it.”

   Where Digg CEO Jay Adelson and Digg Founder Kevin Rose answered some questions, but not others. Wonder how they'll do in front of a live studio audience?

This last week in the tech world ended up being much bigger than it began. We discuss Microsoft’s proposal to purchase Yahoo!, Amazon’s acquirement of Audible, Pirate Bay charged with copyright infringement, Facebook apps on any website, and more...