First screenshot of the new Digg
Posted by AppendixN@reddit | RedditAlternatives | View on Reddit | 83 comments

Kevin Rose shared this corner of a screenshot of the interface for the new Digg. Lots of connection to the original Digg from back in the day, including a leaderboard. They're doing things to make the leaderboard less exclusive than before, so the default view will be 24 hours instead of all-time.
They're focusing on transparency and making it easy to see why you're being shown the things you're being shown.
Gem Finders isn't explained yet, but I'm guessing it's something like people who unearth the best stories.
They're not using followers as a metric because it's gamed too easily by bots and such, trying to focus instead on quality of interactions.
In his voiceover, Kevin said he wants to use AI in a way that's helpful for discovery, but "we don't want to use AI to make things too sterile. Not something that takes over and makes it just seem like an algorithm feeding you more of what you already know."
scstraus@reddit
Why would anyone go back to Digg? The migration happened for a reason and we have Lemmy now.
AppendixN@reddit (OP)
The Digg > Reddit migration happened when Digg v4 rolled out. They shot themselves in the foot, wrecked the site, and gave Reddit the chance to take over first place.
I checked out Lemmy. Felt like a Mastodon style copy of Reddit. First I had to choose an instance, and the largest one only had 187,000 people. Once I was in, it just felt like a personal project.
Digg's got over 29 million people signed up already and they haven't even launched yet. Maybe they'll screw it all up again, and I won't stick around. Maybe Alex & Kevin together have learned enough in the past 20 years that they are going to make something really good. I'm just there to find out.
scstraus@reddit
I just don't know why you'd go to a more greedy, money grubbing company than Reddit already is rather than a true community alternative. But people never cease to amaze me with their decisions. Open the door to the jail cell and they just move over to the cell next door and lock themselves back in.
AppendixN@reddit (OP)
Are you trying to make Lemmy sound better? Giving me shit for trying things out doesn’t really feel like a great way to do that.
screendrain@reddit
Leaderboards are just going to encourage the same type of karma farming behavior that we see on Reddit. I don’t consider that positive.
Chemical_Knowledge64@reddit
I just want a site not run by f-cists and their allies. Even if it has objective flaws, if it meets that single criteria, it’s automatically better than all these f-cist run shitholes.
Separate_Ad_8451@reddit
You’ve probably seen the options for alternatives but if you haven’t, you might check out
FanClubs_org@reddit
Thanks for the sharing Fan Clubs! 🫶
busymom0@reddit
Are you building this yourself or do you have hired developers? Looks good.
FanClubs_org@reddit
Thank you! I collaborate with the CMS team as needed, and recently hired mobile developers to help me finish getting the app off the ground. Other than that, it’s just me for now 😁
busymom0@reddit
Cool. I am a mobile developer (iOS, macOS and Android) myself too. Also do backend and web dev work. Hire me if you need more!
Here's my iOS and macOS apps:
https://apps.apple.com/ca/developer/pranoy-chowdhury/id952263202
FanClubs_org@reddit
Thank you, will keep that in mind! Great reviews across the board 👏
SaintNewts@reddit
Skip HN. It's run by right wing fascist Nazis.
CertainJaguar2316@reddit
Tried lemmy. It wasn't it. Many subs are just dead. Low user count. I know it's new but seeing the same story on their "front page" three days in a row was rough. I got better news from the Firefox browser homepage.
I'll keep it but right now it's just a dead reddit. Hopefully people start leaving this and populating other sites.
Electronic-Phone1732@reddit
The default "Active" sort kinda sucks. Sorting by "hot" unearths new content.
Separate_Ad_8451@reddit
Well that’s why I listed more than 1 alternative. I’m not the biggest Lemmy fan myself but I often feel that my comments are downvoted unless I list it lol
BlazeAlt@reddit
The issue with posts staying there for 3 days was solved a year ago. Also, "Top of the day" would only show posts from the last 24h
hizashiYEAHmada@reddit
I'd have joined Lemmy but as an Asian I dunno where to go
No_Difference_2273@reddit
What are you looking for? Asian specific content or something else that you haven’t seen yet? Lemmy might not be the answer but Discuit has a decent number of categories and Chime In is a collection of pretty much all of the above
Electronic-Phone1732@reddit
Like lemmy?
BurmecianDancer@reddit
Why are you afraid to say
fascist
??
Chemical_Knowledge64@reddit
Reddit has been ramping up censorship similar to Twitter.
owzleee@reddit
Yep. I appealed a lifetime ban which was undone, but I was only criticising musk and Trump. I may have slipped in the C word but I’m British, wtf also you expect?
x21in2010x@reddit
Just in case someone doesn't know what fascism is:
Archivemod@reddit
Then unfortunately, caring about the post quality algorithms is important. They take these websites over by exploiting and monetizing these same systems.
VetiverylAcetate@reddit
anyone else still have flashbacks to MrBabyMan absolutely dominating the feed 24/7
busymom0@reddit
I am out of loop. Can you explain?
VetiverylAcetate@reddit
He was far and away the sites most visible poster to the point where people just stopped submitting posts. There was a lot of animosity towards him especially towards the end and iirc there were rumors he was manipulating the algorithm in a similar way to Unidan (if you’re familiar with that saga) and making money off of it.
Kriem@reddit
https://x.com/mrbabyman/status/1910375178707886289
VetiverylAcetate@reddit
That is regretfully kind of funny on digg’s part
deadcat@reddit
So much this. :(
FullConfection3260@reddit
Jester awards here we come
www1z4rd@reddit
Yeah, there’s no real need to highlight individual users. It’s not Twitter. But I guess they’re trying to encourage more people to post, which might help in the early stages.
d2xdy2@reddit
Idk I left digg to come here and haven’t really wanted to look back
hieronymous-cowherd@reddit
Dark Mode or GTFO. Also, I'm using an alias and not paying $5.
UnflinchingSugartits@reddit
Fr on the dark mode ! 💯
AutiCat4@reddit
🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕
kxxkkx@reddit
looking good i must say
FixedFun1@reddit
What's "digg intelligence"? Sounds like auto-generated content.
QING-CHARLES@reddit
Looks like maybe when you just drop a link it goes off and creates a summary of the link's contents. It's really useful on other sites I use.
Valiantay@reddit
I paid the $5 fee, username I wanted wasn't even available. Asked for a refund lol
serial-lover@reddit
I'm sure you'll get a refund
Valiantay@reddit
Yeah I'm not worried about that. But pretty lame.
I suggested including characters with accents in them for sign up, was told to email for a refund instead.
Doesn't instill confidence in this "built by the community" vibe they're pushing so hard on.
Same old Digg.
SubtleTell@reddit
I mean they can't guarantee you a name if someone got it before you.. they didn't just decide you couldn't have it lol
Valiantay@reddit
Maybe you didn't read my comment. I suggested they open up the pool of available usernames by allowing accents.
This suggestion came about because I couldn't choose the username I originally wanted. Never said they should guarantee anything.
serial-lover@reddit
Kevin built a mediation app with a community on Facebook group. The app was Oak and wasn't a bad app in the end.
BTC_is_waterproof@reddit
His NFT projects were garbage.
serial-lover@reddit
Was there a good one?
BTC_is_waterproof@reddit
Yeah. More than a few.
Many still trade in the thousands
Imanisback@reddit
The $5 bullshit already killed digg for me. Its a cash grab and bullshit hype.
IDK why I expected the person (Kevin Rose) who sold out OG digg for money to make something that wasnt about purely money. Guess Im just desperate for hope that reddit is going to die.
reaper527@reddit
have they stated if the categories are "what we offer is what you get" like old digg or if we'll be able to make our own communities like reddit?
Blarghnog@reddit
That doesn’t look promising. Same centralized, social clout based community model as Reddit? Gems at the center of everything like Reddit Gold?
🤮
No.
digitaldisgust@reddit
A leaderboard sounds annoying, I never used the og Digg tho
Epictetus190443@reddit
Sounds promising to me. Or at least a step up from the current reddit-sewer.
kaesylvri@reddit
Yep, cash grab + nothing learned = another doa site.
DontTakeToasterBaths@reddit
Is that the thing you pay $5 for basically what you just showed us?
Passive_Bloke@reddit
I'm probably the Lone Ranger, but $5 is nothing if it gets rid of the bots and bullshit.
No_Difference_2273@reddit
It won’t. If it didn’t work for Twitter at $8 per month, one $5 payment won’t keep them out
archimedeancrystal@reddit
With Twitter there’s always the possibility that Tusk financed much of the bot traffic himself favoring farms from Russia, North Korea and other authoritarian nation states.
x21in2010x@reddit
I said this earlier today so I'll say this again: Xitter is was a much higher value target for bot-farmers than Digg is today. If Digg regains much of it's old relevance then I'd agree; otherwise I'd think it's not worth any transactional amount for the bot-farmers.
Passive_Bloke@reddit
I guess we’ll see.
I just know I’m over reddit. Twitter was always a dog turd.
Time to try something new.
miicah@reddit
Well that's all we have seen in the 12 hours or whatever it's been open.
Do you really think they are charging $5 for a single screenshot?
ajblue98@reddit
It's $5 for:
It's a bigger deal for those of use who are old diggers; we get to meet up with old friends early
BTC_is_waterproof@reddit
I tried paying the $5 and couldn’t. It looks like the payment page is current broken
koopcl@reddit
>leaderboards
>AI
>asking for 5 bucks
yeah no lol
-happycow-@reddit
yuck, competing
SwimAd1249@reddit
Bulod@reddit
$5 for that?
Ijustdoeyes@reddit
Eh, I'll pay a fiver to take a peek.
If it works out,great I helped it get there, if it doesn't eh, five bucks.
ShaolinShade@reddit
That, Kevin Rose's involvement, and questionable choices like AI driven algorithms and user leaderboards all combine to make a shit soup that I couldn't be less interested in. The entry fee is a particularly dumb move though, hoping that will make it DOA
olizet42@reddit
Exactly. $5 just to try out?! It's dead from the beginning.
Weenyhand@reddit
Not paying $5
HeavenlyTasty@reddit
Do they allow NSFW content?
Rivarr@reddit
How does the moderation work on digg? Reddit powermods, actual employees, AI?
prguitarman@reddit
Kevin Rose fleeced millions out of the crypto community a few years ago. Look up what he did with Moonbirds and his Proof project
Delicious_Ease2595@reddit
How are they going to work with moderation?
Density5521@reddit
If a website prioritizes some abstract pseudo-currency over content, like the gems and diggs and shit on the left before the communities, then I'm already no longer interested.
I understand they want to gamify and make some money, but if that has priority over UX and content accessibility, it's the wrong kind of page for me.
merry_goes_forever@reddit
Will they have the same types of subs available on Reddit? I really like the psychopath super and other mental health subs, as well as ones about paranormal shit.
ajblue98@reddit
Old Digg never had sub-communities. They're going to introduce them starting with a few like Arts and Tech, but no details on how they'll work or how to add more.
immersive-matthew@reddit
DOA. The whole benefit of a place like Lemmy and Reddit is it is not about popularity points as anyone can post and let the community decide with up and downvotes if it is worthy of attention. I could care less about karma and worse leaderboards as that is a step towards more egocentric platforms like BlueSky/Twitter. Digg seems to be taking the middle ground which will alienate both groups as it seems you either want to follow someone or you just want a feed that is not person centric.
NO_SPACE_B4_COMMA@reddit
Hopefully their website doesn't go down as much as Reddit. Reddit development team has to be super incompetent, because I constantly get freaking 500 errors.
Curious-Bear-9398@reddit
Honestly, I won’t be joining Digg when it releases (if it ever does). Today’s $5 fee to join nothing pretty much cemented that
UnflinchingSugartits@reddit
Hmm.