Digg Reboot
reboot.digg.com
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.

  • Stop Forgetting It@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    3 months ago

    80% chance is going to be a crypto scam. 20% chance it’s going to be a right wing cespool

    Rose not listening to users is what killed he platform before, I seriously doubt he has gotten over that ego.

  • Bell@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    If their best angle is to recycle a 20 year old brand …well I can’t imagine that will go very far

  • m-p{3}@lemmy.caEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Bought and revived by Alexis Ohanian? It can only turn out into a dumpster fire. It’s probably just to diversify their data collection in case there’s an actual massive Reddit exodus and the brand name becomes too toxic.

  • SwizzleStick@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    3 months ago

    With any luck, they’ll take some of the users bailing out of Reddit on the nostalgia factor, become mediocre, and die. Again.

  • sunzu2@thebrainbin.org
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    3 months ago

    Too late now…

    Fedi4life

    This digg is set up is to catch the normies exiting reddit so they don’t end up here IMHO

    Just another corpo set up

  • SmokeytheBeard1@lemm.eeEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Honestly, all I’ve ever really known was reddit. In 2011, I remember the cheezburger site having funny memes and seeing “reddit” mentioned a lot. Checked it out and liked it. Magical time back then. Chuck Testa, Tom Cruse, Rampart. sigh

    Oh well, it sucks ass now and so far I’m enjoying Lemmy. Will check out the new Digg though, just to support and help reddit die.

  • wwb4itcgas@lemm.eeEnglish
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    3 months 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
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    3 months 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…?

  • Numinous_Ylem@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months 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
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      3 months 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.