I was a big fan of the website digg back in the days when digg was good. I've been online since we needed to print out MapQuest maps for direction (I even use to sysop a bbs. LOrD ftw!), so I watched all of this happen in real time.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2010/jun/03/digg-dead-falling-visitors
digg, like Reddit was a popular link aggregator. digg, like Reddit after it, empowered single users representing big companies to game their front page. "regular" users couldn't get to the front page anymore because of the gaming of the site. they tolerated it for a while until the tipping point was reached. at that point the bottom fell out of digg. they lost 1/3 of their traffic and then it just kept declining.
I think we just hit that point on Reddit and I think saidit is the heir apparent. the only one stable enough to handle it.
this is just my two cents, but the owners better buckle up. attacks will increase. DDoS and others. the powers that be do not want a site like this that is honestly controlled by the people. they're going to do everything they can to fuck it up.
but I think the user base has decided. has the traffic noticeably gone up the last few days? I've noticed the front page has comments and more up votes than ever.
great work. keep spreading the news. remember, we are the news now.
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