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I was wondering if anyone was going to point this out. I can remember digg being bigger than everything besides maybe stumbleupon for a short while when it came

I was wondering if anyone was going to point this out. I can remember digg being bigger than everything besides maybe stumbleupon for a short while when it came to bookmarking sites.I never would have imagined reddit being what it is now.

bE9a3S5So8igd3 6y ago
Digg was massive right at the tail end of seeker-net. I myself watched nearly every episode of Diggnation. Great times.
- ngold 6y ago
  Kevin Rose had some great shows all the way back to tech tv Leo Laporte days. I wonder what happened to that guy. I would gladly trade a drunk Kevin for a Zuckerberg.
  - solstice 6y ago
    I agree. I like their pre-Digg skits "thebroken" and "hacking with Ramzi": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hNQ280Zkk4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hNQ280Zkk4
  - trynewideas 6y ago
    as with all founders who faded out, he became a VC. True Ventures partner https://trueventures.com/team/kevin-rose/ https://trueventures.com/team/kevin-rose/
  - inDigiNeous 6y ago
    Used to love Diggnation and Digg reel, it felt wild and uncontrolled, yet the production values were good. Really liked the hosts of Digg Reel also, Andrew Bancroft and Annie Gaus (had to look them up). Revision3 had some other great shows also on their list. Too bad there is nothing like that anymore on the internet, at least to my knowledge.
  - rbinv 6y ago
    He still does "The Random Show" with Tim Ferriss every now and then: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+random+show https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+random+show
- tripzilch 6y ago
  what is (was) "seeker-net"?
  - bE9a3S5So8igd3 6y ago
    Oh, easy. That was the internet when it was mostly composed of enthusiasts or people interested in discovering things. That time has gone, and the internet now is mostly a tool for normies to reproduce their "real" life on the internet. Pictures, personas, various frivolities that early users of the internet were trying to get away from.
jonny_eh 6y ago
I miss the days when big sites/companies would sometimes go under.
- rtx 6y ago
  Beautiful.
- rkuykendall-com 6y ago
  Tumblr
  - charwalker 6y ago
    What is dead can never die.
joshu 6y ago
Digg wasn't a bookmarking site at all. They put that on for a bit because Delicious had raised money. Delicious was about 10x-15x the size of Digg.
jrnichols 6y ago
funny thing is that I actually use Digg more now than I did before its implosion. it's cleaner, nicer, and no comments. Refreshing.

bE9a3S5So8igd3 6y ago

Digg was massive right at the tail end of seeker-net. I myself watched nearly every episode of Diggnation. Great times.

ngold 6y ago
Kevin Rose had some great shows all the way back to tech tv Leo Laporte days. I wonder what happened to that guy. I would gladly trade a drunk Kevin for a Zuckerberg.
- solstice 6y ago
  I agree. I like their pre-Digg skits "thebroken" and "hacking with Ramzi": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hNQ280Zkk4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hNQ280Zkk4
- trynewideas 6y ago
  as with all founders who faded out, he became a VC. True Ventures partner https://trueventures.com/team/kevin-rose/ https://trueventures.com/team/kevin-rose/
- inDigiNeous 6y ago
  Used to love Diggnation and Digg reel, it felt wild and uncontrolled, yet the production values were good. Really liked the hosts of Digg Reel also, Andrew Bancroft and Annie Gaus (had to look them up). Revision3 had some other great shows also on their list. Too bad there is nothing like that anymore on the internet, at least to my knowledge.
- rbinv 6y ago
  He still does "The Random Show" with Tim Ferriss every now and then: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+random+show https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+random+show
tripzilch 6y ago
what is (was) "seeker-net"?
- bE9a3S5So8igd3 6y ago
  Oh, easy. That was the internet when it was mostly composed of enthusiasts or people interested in discovering things. That time has gone, and the internet now is mostly a tool for normies to reproduce their "real" life on the internet. Pictures, personas, various frivolities that early users of the internet were trying to get away from.

jonny_eh 6y ago

I miss the days when big sites/companies would sometimes go under.

rtx 6y ago
Beautiful.
rkuykendall-com 6y ago
Tumblr
- charwalker 6y ago
  What is dead can never die.

joshu 6y ago

Digg wasn't a bookmarking site at all. They put that on for a bit because Delicious had raised money. Delicious was about 10x-15x the size of Digg.

jrnichols 6y ago

funny thing is that I actually use Digg more now than I did before its implosion. it's cleaner, nicer, and no comments. Refreshing.