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Tea@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 1 year ago

Digg founder Kevin Rose and Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian buy Digg for an undisclosed sum from Money Group, aiming to focus on “connection and humanity” online.

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Digg founder Kevin Rose and Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian buy Digg for an undisclosed sum from Money Group, aiming to focus on “connection and humanity” online.

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Tea@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 1 year ago
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Digg to relaunch with focus on 'humanity and connection'
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Before Reddit there was Digg, which popularized up- and down-votes on online posts. Now the founders of both platforms — social media veterans Kevin Rose and Alexis Ohanian — are relaunching the early Reddit rival with a focus on “humanity and connection” they hope will be boosted by the use of arti
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    Not surprised as he has mentioned quite a number of times on the revived diggnation show that he would like to have it back. Lets see if he can avoid enshittifying it before it goes up again.

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    Inb4 it turns out they bought it to promote an AI that specializes in connection and humanity…

    What, me, bitter? Naaaw, what makes you think so?

    • SketchySeaBeast@lemmy.ca
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      They named their two new AI models “connection” and “humanity”.

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    yes a bot riddled walled garden for ‘connection and humanity’… uh huh.

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    Digg was always trash. Reddit became trash.

    Slashdot, a nation turns its lonely eyes to you

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      Slashdot crashed and burned during its ‘beta’ phase and never fully recovered - ‘partially’-recovered would be generous, at best. Cowboy Neal ate Natalie Portman’s grits - insensitive clod.

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        Uh…Fark I guess?

        LOL he said on Lemmy

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          Ha! I jumped into Reddit to get away from Fark, many many years ago.

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    I think it would be funny if Digg made a comeback

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    Digg still exists? I had no idea.

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      It has morphed into something completely different them the link sharing site it used to be.

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