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" We want to open digg up to just about anyone and everyone that wants to express their interest in any type of news story or Web content. "

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" With Digg, users submit stories for review, but rather than allow an editor to decide which stories go on the homepage, the users do. "

" My background is in tech. I studied computer science, and was working on TechTV, so the first thing I wanted to do was see my favorite motherboard stories hit the front page; you know, like, really geeky stuff. "

" I focus on consumer Internet. Sometimes it's a working prototype; sometimes it's an idea on a napkin. I don't do a ton of deals a year, and I really like working with startups - it's the only way I can invest. It fits my ADD brain. "

" Digg is like your newspaper, but rather than a handful of editors determining what's on the front page, the masses do. "

" The democratic approach to news is a very valuable thing. We're always going to be dependent on the quality of reporting of mainstream media. "

" Since news breaks on digg very quickly, we face the same issues as newspapers which print a retraction for a story that was misreported. The difference with digg is that equal play can be given to both sides of a story, whereas with a newspaper, a retraction or correction is usually buried. "

" One of the things that's been crazy for us has been the speed at which news can break on Digg, because it's powered by a mass of humans versus a machine that has to go out and crawl and find the information and then determine its relevance mathematically. "

" One of the things that I've always loved to do is brainstorm ideas with friends and get together and talk about what they're building... Essentially, my day-to-day is just going around and meeting entrepreneurs and talking to them about what they plan on launching. "

" The key to making money in angel investing is saying no. You meet with 100 companies and say no to 99 of them. "

" Twitter became a major place to find out what was breaking on the Internet. Facebook became a place to share links. Social media really grew up. "

" Digg will serve as a means of gathering metrics for third party websites, providing them insights into who's digging their content, who they are spreading it to. "

" At our peak, no one knew how to value Digg. "