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Perhaps we need an alternative to “died”. Digg is still alive. The Yellow Pages is still a profitable business. And yet their cultural impact has been nullified
by blueboo 3y ago
Perhaps we need an alternative to “died”. Digg is still alive. The Yellow Pages is still a profitable business. And yet their cultural impact has been nullified.
- mvdtnz 3y agoDigg isn't really "still alive". That's like saying Michael Jordan is still alive because there's a guy named Michael Jordan. The current iteration of Digg (which is great, btw) has nothing in common with the original other than the domain name.
- rsynnott 3y agoIt would, however, be extremely funny if they took advantage of Reddit’s current travails, dug out the Digg v3 code (not sure if the same entity that owns Digg.com actually owns it) and rose from the ashes. Or more realistically, just stood up a Lenny instance.
- poopbutt7 3y agoTBF we're not sure he's dead yet. They said the submarine has 96 hours of oxygen.
- waselighis 3y agoI haven't looked at Digg in a long time. Looking at it now, wow it's terrible, nothing but SEO/clickbait/sponsored trash. I'm comfortable with saying Digg is dead.