The buzz among the technophile blogosphere is that Google could easily and effectively put "a hurtin'" on Digg by tweaking Google Reader. An algorithm and, perhaps, buying out a social news site might be all that is needed.
www.usrbingeek.com, started the hubbub by suggesting Google Reader could be a Digg killer:
If Google Reader aggregated and displayed how many people Shared each post and then calculated the most popular ones and displayed them in a separate label (like they have for Stared and Shared) they could have a feature that kills Digg!That idea resonated with more than a few others, eventually working its way up to the A-list bloggers. "I don't see this happening anytime soon, but as Google becomes more integrated in our lives the possibility looks more real," writes Del.icio.us | Digg | Reddit | Furl Bookmark Murdok:
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