Technology behind this site was used to power news.me.  
Under VP of Engineering John Quinn, this site botched a move from a SQL to Cassandra backend for its V4 redesign.  At one point, a user of this site known as MrBabyMan had a popularity rating of 50%.  Technology behind this site was used to power news.me.  It's not Project Lore, but Alex Albrecht co-hosted a podcast named for this site.  This site gained early publicity when it was announced on the (*) Screen Savers, where one of its founders used to work.  Its popularity waned after it censored details on the encryption scheme for HD DVDs and Blu-Rays.  Betaworks purchased this site and attached its name to a Google Reader replacement.  It was co-founded by Kevin Rose.  On August 30, 2010, otherwise known as "quit [this site] day", users largely moved to Reddit.  For 10 points, name this site which pioneered using its namesake verb to upvote links.
Under VP of Engineering John Quinn, this site botched a move from a SQL to Cassandra backend for its V4 redesign.  
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