by Julie Blaustein

Despite the rain, it was a great turn out at Digg’s 1 million user party at Mezzanine. There’s so much space there, one can wander for hours and never get bored. The upstairs space with its own bar and couches makes it seem like another club within a club.

This was a hard core techie scene. There were even techie games to build robotic looking buttons to keep them busy if they weren’t into socializing. Lots of folks stayed still glued to their computers despite the scene. For others, who were into socializing, there was an open bar along with a killer DJ playing great dance music and a mesmerizing light show.

Photo Credit Brian Caldwell

Digg Party Goers Brandon Arnovick and friend.

What is Digg you might ask? Digg allows their 1 million readers to be the judges of which news is worthy enogh of reading based on the ranking of other readers. They call is a user driven socail ontent website but I call it the best way for the junk to be weeded out and for the good stuff to be made available. Everyone can participate in the process by helping to promote, help remove spam and to comment on stories.

Digg users are hard core. Check out this video made by a big time Digg user Mr. Baby Man

The video that was shown during the party.

Hard Core Digg Users

Photo Credit Brian Caldwell

Christian Williams and Friend

A highlight of the evening was the announcement of Digg’s open API. This s is a good thing especially for a smaller company as it enables theri brand to spread like viral marketing, making them hotter than hot in the space.

Announcement of Digg’s Open API and Contest

Mike Arrington of TechCrunch and Dan Farber of ZDnet

Kurt Collins of Photobucket, Brian Caldwell of Bub.blicio.us, and Robert Scoble

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