As someone who's never tried Digg back in the days, I'm REALLY excited for the relaunch.
Posted by FayGoth@reddit | RedditAlternatives | View on Reddit | 39 comments
Since my political allignement has changed drastically, Lemmy is very much not for me (and I'm not a memes-browsing person). Reddit feels very weird (I saw people delete all their comments upon receiving minimal resistance; what feels like overmoderation, including of people themselves) but I prefer topic-oriented forums, rather than people-oriented 'forums', such as đť•Ź. I am actually really excited for Digg and hope to try it on release. I tried Threads on release before they banned EU users and had an amazing experience, so I hope Digg may be similar.
Is there any way to follow Digg's re-launch news? I subscribed to the emails, but never received any.
Distinct-Salad-3182@reddit
I find the Reddit mods incredibly ban happy lately for sure, no problem in 3 years and I have gotten a 3 day and a 7 day in the last 2 weeks. Just discussing world events
Global-Discussion-41@reddit
I was moderately excited until they sent me a request to pay a $5 subscription fee
FayGoth@reddit (OP)
It isn't a subscription nor a fee. They had people donate into a charity to see extra content.
Newtronic@reddit
I think the real reason was to prevent bots from invading. Plus you got to pick a username. Fortunately my original Digg name was available .
UnflinchingSugartits@reddit
I actually regret not doing it bc now early access is closed.
Newtronic@reddit
With a u/ like yours, you really need to keep it going. :)
funkmon@reddit
Lol
That's a few man.
tunachilimac@reddit
I was interested until they announced they used AI to plan the site, are using AI to do most of the moderation, and are wanting to use Sam Altman’s Orb company to have people do a physical scan of their biometrics to confirm their identity. The whole thing is just for them to get data for their AI. They should be paying us not the other way around.
Mylaptopisburningme@reddit
Same. $5 for me is 2 packs of hot dogs and 2 bags of buns. Thats more important than reserving my name. I watched the video Alex and Kevin did on YouTube and they just seemed so annoying I couldn't watch more than 10 min. If you look at my username date I left when they did 2.0.
userlivewire@reddit
The point was to keep bots from invading during testing. All of the money went to charity.
Bortcorns4Jeezus@reddit
I feel exactly like you except that I'm also a Lemmy fanÂ
FayGoth@reddit (OP)
This is fair! I used to enjoy it a lot when I was in my leftist phase, although I already had issues back then as my views never fully adhered to the dogma. I was described there as a power poster and I had people express missing my posts, until someone told them I was guilty of wrong-think, so they of course condemned me.
UnderHare@reddit
Is lemmy really left wing or right wing? Just tell us you're not suddenly maga
Slight_Ad5318@reddit
Lemmy is pretty extreme left wing IMO. Its much improved if you filter out a couple of instances it improves a bit though.
moldy_zebra_cakes@reddit
It's just that America is so extreme right-wing that any sense of actual normalcy looks extreme.
BlazeAlt@reddit
You can also use https://piefed.social/ . Compatible with Lemmy communities and content, but different developers.
Die4Ever@reddit
UnderHare@reddit
I didn't know what to make of that. He doesn't like twitter but gave a very reasonable reason why he may have never used it in the first place.
pc_g33k@reddit
The OP is in EU
raju_sohi@reddit
There is AnonX.org that is not strictly moderated, anonymous and free speech.
hastogord1@reddit
Thoughts on ours?
https://www.letit.net/company/about
GreyFoxSolid@reddit
Looks unorganized. Lots of people just trying to sell services. No communities that I can see. Not something I would use.
AmericanScream@reddit
Digg is dead. They killed it before everybody left. Reddit is better than Digg could ever be. You aren't missing anything, and I think Reddit isn't all that either.
blenderhead@reddit
As someone who was around back then, It made me chuckle when you said you’re“not a meme-browsing” person. Ironically, Digg was one of the meme pioneering sites. In fact, it was the great Digg migration that kicked the meme-ification of Reddit into overdrive. It was never the same after.
Man I feel old writing that.
No shade intended though. I hope the new version transcends the old. Would be ironic if Redditors ended up decamping in turn for Digg 2.0’s greener pastures. Reddit is getting long in the tooth anyway.
petitt@reddit
it's a bot.
FayGoth@reddit (OP)
What bot? For the news?
LOLatKetards@reddit
Digg was great until Reddit came along. I don't have any better ways to follow along, just wanted to say as someone that did use it I'm also very excited.
LOLatKetards@reddit
Someone's got to disrupt Reddits stranglehold on meaningful communities and discussion.
ManicMambo@reddit
Facebook to the rescue!
Global-Discussion-41@reddit
I don't think digg will ever become a place for discussion. Reddit is turning into a censored corporately controlled website that wants to control everything.Â
The New Digg is going to start out that way from the beginning, by design.
HeartyBeast@reddit
Digg was fine until Digg v 4 came alongÂ
Erens-Basement@reddit
The only reason Reddit took off is because Digg went downhill. Stop trying to rewrite the narrative.
LOLatKetards@reddit
What a weird response. Not sure why you would accuse me of rewriting the narrative or even what narrative it is you seem to care so much about.
semi_colon@reddit
Dude thinks since he's weirdly hyper-invested in a website from 15 years ago that you must be tooÂ
Shigglyboo@reddit
Digg shot themselves in the foot. I remember trying reddit and thinking it was ugly, and confusing. but digg crashed hard and then we all flocked to reddit. now reddit is going to shit. so back to Digg!!!
plus they hired Christian (the apollo creator) which was a super smart move. I think I like apollo better than reddit.
analogandchill@reddit
Digg was great until Digg V4 launched and it imploded overnight.
lh7884@reddit
Is Digg up and running for desktop users? I see people saying they are using it as they mention some $5 fee. But when I go to the site, it doesn't appear to open for people to use.
UnflinchingSugartits@reddit
No. They're still in development. The only ppl who know what's going on are the ones who joined early access unfortunately
Delicious_Ease2595@reddit
Another censored centralized alternative is not for me this time, I would use Lemmy and Digg depending the community