Reverse Pay Wall from Digg? April Fool!

Paywalls were a popular April Fool’s Day subject, as Digg followed up the paywall that exclusively targeted employees of The New York Times and Winnipeg residents, “announced” earlier Friday by The Huffington Post Media Group president and editor-in-chief Arianna Huffington, with its own take on the concept: the reverse paywall.

Paywalls were a popular April Fool’s Day subject, as Digg followed up the paywall that exclusively targeted employees of The New York Times and Winnipeg residents, “announced” earlier Friday by The Huffington Post Media Group president and editor-in-chief Arianna Huffington, with its own take on the concept: the reverse paywall.

From the post on the Digg Blog by recently named vice president of engineering Ben Folk-Williams:

As the new guy at Digg, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about how to make a big impact and move things dramatically forward.

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