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New site Digg.com is a news aggregator based on a slightly different paradigm than Slashdot. The increasing importance of user interest and contribution as an integral part of news aggregation and dissemination is a very intriguing development.

From: Wired News
“Despite digging deeper into the space occupied by Slashdot, Rose can credit that site’s founder, Rob Malda, as the original inspiration for his project. During a lunchtime meeting in preparation for interviewing Malda last year, Rose realized that his ambivalence about adding more social features to Slashdot had highlighted an important gap in the user-organized news market he is now helping to create.

“Digg’s popularity is growing from its ability to prioritize content based on actual user interest rather than editorial assumptions,” said Rose. “