Digg launches its new Reddit rival to the public | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)

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[-] manmachine@lemmy.world 36 points 3 weeks ago

and the crowd goes mild

[-] Rhoeri@piefed.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah. Pretty much. Reddit should not be cloned. It’s a bad move.

[+] the_q@lemmy.zip 15 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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[-] OpenStars@piefed.social 5 points 3 weeks ago

PieFed has features that even Reddit lacks, like combining together comments across all cross-posts (and plans to tweak that still further, like add the ability to a community to opt-out of it, though I find that it helps with community discovery).

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Well damn. That sounds.....very nice.

[-] tal@lemmy.today 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Historically, Usenet clients tended to respond to both groups in response to articles posted to multiple newsgroups.

This tended to result in trolls doing things like posting "I'm in the market for a computer. Which is better, PC or Mac?" to comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy and comp.os.mac.advocacy with the intention of starting flamewars.

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Maybe an old.reddit.com clone.

But we've diverged pretty well since then.

[-] Rhoeri@piefed.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Not really. There is far more they don’t share in common than they do.

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

I literally got banned from reddit 2 years ago, and searched "reddit clone". Found Lemmy, and here I am.

[-] Tigeroovy@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah same but more recently.

[-] CaptainMan251@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Holy shit same.

[-] BingBong@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 weeks ago

Federation means the fundamental infrastructure and dependencies are entirely different. Even if the interface may feel similar to you.

[-] rudyharrelson@lemmy.radio 1 points 3 weeks ago

Even if the interface may feel similar to you.

I would say it's more than just the interface that makes Lemmy similar to Reddit. To end users, they are virtually identical services in terms of functionality. Link aggregators with built-in community forums. I think it's fair to call Lemmy a federated Reddit clone. Not to suggest Reddit invented any of the aforementioned features, just that Lemmy's implementation of said features is in many ways identical to Reddit's approach because it was meant to be a Reddit alternative for the fediverse.

Even the official Lemmy git repository compares the project to Reddit:

Lemmy is similar to sites like Reddit, Lobste.rs, or Hacker News: you subscribe to forums you're interested in, post links and discussions, then vote, and comment on them.

[-] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 7 points 3 weeks ago

Reddit was already the replacement everyone went to after they redesigned Digg in 2010 to focus on publishers and traffic fell 50% almost immediately. Digg had 40 million monthly visitors and a $160 Million valuation at the time.

https://www.startupbooted.com/what-happened-to-digg

[-] pedz@lemmy.ca 15 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The company, which is today back under the ownership of its original founder, Kevin Rose, along with Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, is launching its open beta to the public

Huh. I assumed Rose would still be behind stuff like this, but didn't expect Ohanian.

I'm a 'Digg refugee' that fled to Reddit around 2009, I think? I knew Digg from Rose, because I was watching Tech TV and The Screen Savers, around 2002.

Anyway I turned my back on Digg when Rose sold out and I'm also going to avoid his new attempt at money making with an AI thingy.

Digg is dead and is gonna stay dead to me. I don't want its rotting dug up reanimated corpse with a sticker saying "now powered by AI!"

EDIT: Coming to think about it, Tech TV turning into G4 might have been an early form of enshittificarion.

[-] vulgarcynic@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 weeks ago

That edit hits like a brick. I think about techtv a couple times a year. What an interesting convergence of old media and the first stages of new media.

[-] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 weeks 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 obviously don’t want to force everyone down some kind of crazy KYC process,” said Rose in an interview with TechCrunch, referring to the “know your customer” verification process used by financial institutions to confirm someone’s identity.

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

"Ooooooo, a reddit competitor!"

"Digg betting AI can help"

"Swiiiiiiing and a miss!"

[-] Darkcoffee@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 weeks ago

It has plenty of investment capital so don't fall for it, it'll get enshittified just like Reddit.

[-] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 20 points 3 weeks ago

It's starting with AI. It's neck-deep in the shit already.

[-] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 weeks ago

Fool me once… twice…

[-] dumbass@piefed.social 7 points 3 weeks ago

Three times a lady!

[-] devolution@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

I'll take Lemmy thank you. I like a non right wing infested space.

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Piefed also exists, as does Mbin.

[-] SarahFromOz@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

[-] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Then don't sign in with Google.

[-] SarahFromOz@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

LOL thanks for the tip.

I created an account manually. Now I can't create a community.

Digg doesn't allow nsfw anyway so now I am back here

this post was submitted on 15 Jan 2026

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