Digg Reboot
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Digg - The front page of the internet, now with superpowers

Not much info yet, but I grew up on Digg, so I’m cautiously optimistic. Probably no Fediverse support, but honestly, any Reddit alternative is a win. Really hoping for real API access and third-party apps.

  • @Dil@is.hardlywork.ingEnglish
    0•27 days ago

    Its gonna be linked to reddit and theyll pretend its federated to take steam away from federated stuff like bluesky did to mastodon

  • @wwb4itcgas@lemm.eeEnglish
    0•28 days ago

    I’m fine right here, thanks. Although I’d been using Reddit for some time at that point, I permanently left Digg as part of the Great Exodus. I don’t see any particular appeal to going back to a centralized service, especially in the current climate.

  • @ricecooker@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    0•28 days ago

    I don’t see any info on this from the sign up page on what it is and product differentiation. So… I’m signing up because I like Kevin Rose…?

    • yeehawEnglish
      0•28 days ago

      I can’t, but I think it was due to a shitty site redesign?

    • @weremacaque@lemmy.worldEnglish
      0•28 days ago

      Yeah, the mention of AI is pretty ominous. It makes me wonder if AI would be used to fill in the gaps when the user base is too low.

      • @Zeron@lemmy.worldEnglish
        0•28 days ago

        It absolutely will be. It’s what’s happening to twitter right now. Loads and loads of bots/ai posting “content.”

  • @Numinous_Ylem@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0•28 days ago

    The original Digg was an important site for me personally between 2005-2009, but only in that early era and mostly as a bridge between my Fark and Reddit eras. I honestly can’t see it competing with Reddit’s established user base or being as no-nonsense and free as Lemmy. I don’t think it will gain traction and the AI aspect will turn a lot of people off from it.

    • @GooberEar@lemmy.wtfEnglish
      0•28 days ago

      Oh neat! I used to use Fark, too. I just checked and it’s still around, just looks a bit dead compared to how I remember it from back in the day.

      I started using it in the late 90’s or early 2000’s, but I stopped sometime in that date range you mentioned. For me, it was the fact that I got multiple back to temporary suspensions (with no warnings). It was like I couldn’t do anything right and to some extent, it felt targeted and personal.

      I don’t even remember them all, but two of the suspensions stick out to me. I got banned for posting the picture of the officially unofficial fark squirrel (i.e. Big Balls). Up until that time, it was basically a Fark meme posted openly and frequently by large numbers of users. I guess advertisers didn’t like it and I didn’t get the memo. Another suspension came when I responded to a homophobic bigot who was arguing against legalizing gay marriage in the USA by telling him “if you believe that, you are an idiot”. Apparently that’s name calling, but using cocksucker as a pejorative against another man was still considered A-Okay.

  • @MimicJar@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0•28 days ago

    Really hoping for real API access and third-party apps.

    I mean that’s the only way it will have any success. I don’t expect it to happen, but that’s historically how any of these sites have grown and flourished.

    It would be funny if Digg was able to successfully reboot and take users away from Reddit, however I don’t expect it to actually happen.

    Also, stating the obvious, time would be better spent improving Lemmy.