3 ms·
Digg was losing so much money and required so much infrastructure to run at the end. I wonder if the team at the time could’ve done a complete restart. I think
by caseyf7 7y ago
Digg was losing so much money and required so much infrastructure to run at the end. I wonder if the team at the time could’ve done a complete restart. I think it required a new team without the history and loyalty to old decisions to move forward. Betaworks was able to right the ship, but it was too late, the world had moved on.
- SethMurphy 7y agoYes, the fall of the original Digg happened long ago. https://techcrunch.com/2012/07/12/betaworks-acquires-digg/ https://techcrunch.com/2012/07/12/betaworks-acquires-digg/ At the time Digg was acquired in name only. The team had a short period to replace the then current (and very expensive) infrastructure and hijack all traffic. They did a pretty awesome tech job of moving to AWS and stopping the bleeding from the then in place bare metal setup. I remember a tech talk where they spoke of the money they saved from moving to AWS, it was substantial and allowed them the resources to try to save the product. Since then it was a re-birthed startup with a new team that had quite a long runway IMHO.
- panpanna 7y agoClicked on your link... that Verizon Media privacy page is a nightmare. And then it fails to load the article... Do you have any more information about the move to aws and why that was cheaper than their old setup?