Technology @lemmy.world aCosmicWave @lemm.ee 8h ago

Digg is about to be rebooted. Thoughts?

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.

Reddit @lemmy.world irelephant [he/him]🍭 @lemm.ee 4d ago

Digg is rebooting.

reboot.digg.com

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I'm rooting for them simply because I want to see Reddit and them fight. I'm not going to be switching, because I'm basically done with centralized ultracapitalist bullshit for personal use.
- 100% this. Why would I go back to another centralized corpo line must go up service that will inevitably enshittify when we got lemmy right here?
  
  I could like Digg if it was federated. But I bet it won't.
- Preach!
- Yeah the chasing profit is what ultimately dooms public forums.
US americans trying to cash in on discontent with buzzwords like AI and trying to steal the thunder of actual worthy alternatives like lemmy. The fact Ohanian is part of the founders immediately places it into the shit tier bucket for me.
- You're right. An even shittier reddit that failed due to extreme greed before? What's the point?
- Lemmy has thunder?
  
  Yes. It's an iOS client. 😏
Why would you expect an aggregator-and-comment site bought and rebranded by reddit-cofounder O'Hanian to end up significantly different than his other aggregator-and-comment site?
- They're probably skint and need a loan.
  
  Problem is, they created it? Oops
AI for moderation worry me
- Yeah, isn't that what everyone wants?
  
  A website where you talk to people and a robot with no oversight shows up and changes what you say, or silences you, or prevents you from talking to certain people.
  
  At the same time though, I don't care if billionaires play rock and sock em robots with companies. It just kind of sucks for the people that work at those companies, being tools of a game for rich people to play.
Why would I go back to Digg when we have Lemmy?
- Shorter name.
  
  I digg that comment!
Meh, I've moved on. I was addicted to digg back in the day, but they'll have to earn viewership back from me. Not impossible, but content, moderation, and monitization are going to be hard to perfect these days.

Digg killed digg IMO. They either learned a lesson, or it's more of the same.
It sucked so bad it died once and it's still a corpo owned platform. IDK why they want to suck twice 🤷🏻‍♂️
- $$$
Digg was absolutely amazing when it was new, but it didn't take long to turn to shit for some reason, and reddit was way better during the old reddit/Digg war.
Fun thing is that reddit now does many of the same things Digg did before Digg turned completely away from its original concept.

I must admit my hopes for Digg becoming relevant for me again is near zero, like VERY near zero.
With any luck, they'll take some of the users bailing out of Reddit on the nostalgia factor, become mediocre, and die. Again.
Dig long ago dug its grave. Then Reddit jumped in too. Long live Lemmy.
- Some of us already left Lemmy or never joined, for the likes of Mbin or PieFed (or eventually Sublinks?).
  
  Long live the Fediverse.
If they federate then its good otherwise its just gonna be the same thing as reddit all over again
I haven’t thought about digg in 20 years. And I don’t intend to start now.
Gods no. Why bounce between corpo sellouts?
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.
If their best angle is to recycle a 20 year old brand ...well I can't imagine that will go very far
They say they'll use AI, so fuck them.
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
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.
I'm glad Kevin Rose is back on board. However AI Moderation concerns me. Greatly.
I care enough to say i don't give a shit about it.
They can fuck off, I remember why I quit that site in the first place
You shouldn't expect a lot from a zombie.
Never tried it but I’m worried that they (too) will use AI for moderating and all that. AI as moderator for deleting, flagging and stuff is a bad idea.

Just look at Pinterest’s mess with AI that removes pins and ban accounts for no reason.

I’ll probably wait when Digg is rebooted and see how the early-adopters write about their experiences.
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.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
It would be neat if they could get activityhub Integration. Then we can have Tumblr/digg pop up.
- Instances admins would start to advocate to defederate from them just like with Meta's Threads IMO.
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...?
Any alternative is not a win. Fediverse only moving forward.
I wonder what they will do differently, this time around. This space is quite crowded already, and getting eye-balls is hard work !
Why would I care about a site that killed itself some 15 years ago being rebooted, especially taking into account that were on Lemmy, a federated system? I don't care
lol, sign up for updates? Doomed, fucking doomed

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