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[–]beermeem 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (6 children)

Why do people even act like Digg was anything?

[–]magnora7 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (4 children)

At it's peak it was ranked 4,200 on alexa rankings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digg

It was around just before reddit, so it was valuable and a lot of people used it. But reddit's format was obviously superior in the long run. Digg had like 2 really good years, but cratered so quickly because the users revolted all at once and there was no subreddit system so everyone saw it all, and everyone left all at once.

[–]MirrorOfUtsuho 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

To be fair, I've always been a fan of slashdot-style moderation, and I was on slashdot rather than digg, but without a subreddit system slashdot didn't cover all of the various fandoms and philosophies like reddit.

[–]beermeem 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

plastic was better. even newser

[–]magnora7 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

never heard of it

[–]beermeem 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Maybe you should learn some history.

I been here. I am the Shepard you shall not keep.

[–]Riva 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Digg was the only game in town. Stumbleupon was the big guy until digg came along. And they were really really good. Until they weren't.

Reddit learned lessons from that.