98
Digg launches its new Reddit rival to the public (techcrunch.com)
submitted 1 week ago by Veedem@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
165 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Lots of venture capital money behind it. I wonder how quickly the enshitification will begin.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] iatenine@piefed.social 31 points 1 week ago

They’re betting that AI can help to address some of the messiness and toxicity of today’s social media landscape. At the same time, social platforms will need a new set of tools to ensure they’re not taken over by AI bots posing as people.

"We're banking on AI as a competitive advantage but also, here's why it's bad" is quite a business strategy

this post was submitted on 14 Jan 2026
98 points (94.5% liked)

Technology

79286 readers
563 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related news or articles.
  3. Be excellent to each other!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
  10. Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.

Approved Bots

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
L3s@lemmy.world
enu@lemmy.world
technopagan@lemmy.world
L4s@lemmy.world
L3s@hackingne.ws