<![CDATA[100 people do most of the Digging]]>Ahh, so 100 people do about 56% of all the Digging. This is just like life. Some people do a LOT more than other people. I remember meeting Eric Horvitz at Microsoft Research. He has the most patents at Microsoft. The #2 guy? Has about half as many.

So, why do people get into a tizzy when someone tries to hire those 100 people away? Cause they aren’t getting paid the value that they are creating for Digg. That is the definition of business value. Sell something for more than it costs. Profits.

If Jason Calacanis could actually hire away all of the top Digg’ers, that’d cost him $1.2 million. But, look at the value that would be created by doing that! Digg is already valued at many times that amount.

The problem is that hiring those people isn’t good enough to recreate Digg. If you take away those 100 people another 100 would jump into their spots. Why? Cause our relationship is with Digg, not with those people.

But, what if there was a community site where the community’s members shared in the profits?

I’d like to be a part of something like that.

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