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Digg founder Kevin Rose and Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian buy Digg for an undisclosed sum from Money Group, aiming to focus on “connection and humanity” online.

apnews.com Digg to relaunch with focus on 'humanity and connection'

Before Reddit there was Digg, which popularized up- and down-votes on online posts. Now the founders of both platforms — social media veterans Kevin Rose and Alexis Ohanian — are relaunching the early Reddit rival with a focus on “humanity and connection” they hope will be boosted by the use of arti

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Digg to relaunch with focus on 'humanity and connection'

apnews.com /article/digg-reddit-relaunch-d5c469608ed7565b3161f327c2894c63

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Inb4 it turns out they bought it to promote an AI that specializes in connection and humanity...
What, me, bitter? Naaaw, what makes you think so?
Edit: turns out I have not a single original thought in my head: https://marketoonist.com/2022/08/ai-generated-marketing-content.html
- They named their two new AI models "connection" and "humanity".

Digg still exists? I had no idea.
- It has morphed into something completely different them the link sharing site it used to be.

I think it would be funny if Digg made a comeback

yes a bot riddled walled garden for 'connection and humanity'... uh huh.

Not surprised as he has mentioned quite a number of times on the revived diggnation show that he would like to have it back. Lets see if he can avoid enshittifying it before it goes up again.

Digg was always trash. Reddit became trash.
Slashdot, a nation turns its lonely eyes to you
- Slashdot crashed and burned during its 'beta' phase and never fully recovered - 'partially'-recovered would be generous, at best. Cowboy Neal ate Natalie Portman's grits - insensitive clod.
  
  Uh…Fark I guess?
  LOL he said on Lemmy

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