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.

  • Vizth@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 minute ago

    How much I’m looking forward to it depends on how quickly it gets political. I’m beyond sick and tired of both sides inability to shut up at this point.

  • AnonomousWolf@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    47 minutes ago

    If they put a lot of focused on having a good UX and some marketing I could see it outgrow Lemmy the same way Bluesky outgrew Mastodon

  • Numinous_Ylem@lemmy.worldEnglish
    16·
    5 hours 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.

  • MimicJar@lemmy.worldEnglish
    111·
    5 hours 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.

    • weremacaque@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      4 hours 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
        3·
        1 hour ago

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

  • Phoenixz@lemmy.caEnglish
    4·
    6 hours ago

    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

  • wwb4itcgas@lemm.eeEnglish
    12·
    8 hours 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.