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IIRC, ads and paid posts caused Digg to lose over Reddit. I didn’t use either at the time, but people I know did.
by t-writescode 4y ago
IIRC, ads and paid posts caused Digg to lose over Reddit. I didn’t use either at the time, but people I know did.
- samstave 4y agoYes. This is exactly what happened. DIGG basically became what new Reddit looks like now, but they were specifically transparent that every post was essentially a paid marketing blob and the corporate commercial took over all of DIGG - pissed everyone off and they all flocked to Reddit. Reddit is doing the same thing, however, when DIGG messed around with the UX, bots were not a thing in the same form they are now… “Video killed the radio star” but now it’s “Bot killed any sense of trust on social media”
- frupert52 4y agoAs someone who only occasionally visits reddit, can I ask what the bots are doing? I’ve only ever seen bots that do things like correct spelling