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Digg could take on StumbleUpon, TinyURL with new toolbar
If that info is correct, here's how it works. Users will see a toolbar the toolbar pop up on their screens. The toolbar shows up in an i-frame, which means it's not browser specific and you can make it go away at any time just by hitting the X button.
When you visit pages that have already been submitted to Digg, you'll see the number of votes it has received. Or you can submit the page you're currently on. You can also bury stories or see related stories.
The toolbar will also create a shortened URL for any page you're visiting, beginning with digg.com... You can then share this shortened URL via email, Twitter, Facebook, or other services much the same way you would with TinyURL.
The Digg toolbar is not available to the general public at this point. And for all we know, the whole thing could just be a hoax. But it certainly seems like something Digg could and/or should offer in the future.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
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VitaminCM said 5:51PM on 2-27-2009
Great, now your site can get crushed all at once and over a prolonged period of time. (Digg effect vs. Stumbleupon traffic)
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