The old Digg site is being rehashed and served up as a reddit killer (again) and will be using AI in the background for management, admin etc. AI seems to be their main USP.

Posted by DadVanSouthampton@reddit | RedditAlternatives | View on Reddit | 27 comments

Call me suspicious, but I just can’t see investors all sitting down to work out how to use AI to improve user experience.

I can see them working out how to use AI to strip as much sellable data from user’s interactions as possible.

Will it also make the mistake of promoting free speech, which will turn it into a haven of toxic content (eg. squabblr and lemmy)?

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paptopsflurgenrs7@reddit

sounds like a recipe for digital chaos dont ya think

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kaesylvri@reddit

AI horseshit is literally the ONLY thing Digg has going for it. They don't seem to have a viable market or plan.

The application is sub-par, to the point it took them about a year just to implement a dark mode and basic features... and only after they had the lovely idea to charge money for the 'privilege' to have an early account.

They also want to use AI to no-notice manipulate what is seen/not-seen, and unlike reddit, there will not be an interface where one can verify what was done and when.

Reddit has its problems but what's the point of going back to digg? Digg died when these morons were at the wheel last time, and they started off with a better idea back then. This time around their idea is not even half baked and they decided to jam AI into all of the unbaked bits to try and sound all spiffy and modern.

The premise is shit.

The implementation (so far) is shit.

The communication and future vision is shit.

The platform options and forced app use is multiple colors of shit all at a single time.

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lh7884@reddit

They also want to use AI to no-notice manipulate what is seen/not-seen,

In the past year, Reddit has really taken to controlling what is seen an not seen on this platform. Their censorship escalated to quite a high level. I hoped Digg would be a viable option to replace Reddit but I'm having my doubts.

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kaesylvri@reddit

Yea, reddit has been strapping down, but at least we have tools that can tell us exactly what changed.

This will not exist on digg, that has been confirmed.

Reddit waters are muddy, but digg will be 100% pitch black opaque.

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tunachilimac@reddit

Digg is also built from the ground up to integrate with worldcoin (Sam Altman’s plan to have you go get your biometric data scanned by his company). They’ve also discussed in an interview about limiting your access to the site based off how much of your personal info you give them.

The only thing going for it is the name recognition of using the old Digg name. If it was a brand new site everyone would just be talking about how dumb it is.

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busymom0@reddit

Their app UI also looks like Facebook to me

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Embarrassed_Fan7405@reddit

Lemmy it is

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ultradip@reddit

AI is not a compelling reason for users.

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ZoFu15@reddit

its an instant nope for me

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SpaceSick@reddit

Yeah that honestly turns me off to the whole thing. And I was so excited about an alternative.

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Teknevra@reddit

Will it also make the mistake of promoting free speech, which will turn it into a haven of toxic content (eg. squabblr and lemmy)?

Whats wrong with Lemmy?

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DadVanSouthampton@reddit (OP)

It’s chock full of wankers/basement dwellers, more interested in winning arguments than discourse. It just attracts the wrong kind of people 🤷‍♂️

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Festering-Fecal@reddit

To be fair reddit mods ( at least on the main subs) are really bad. AI might be a upgrade to them.

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pyr0kid@reddit

yeah, being able to actually have uniform application of rules would honestly be an improvement in a lot of ways. people twist that shit like a knife if they get the chance.

im still quietly pissed about that time some subreddit mods visibly started taking sides, cause i caught a temp ban for 'shit stirring' after blowing up on someone who tried to paint me as a goddamn nazi because i/others thought the idea of banning artists from getting credited/sourced because they had a following on twitter instead of bluesky was fucking stupid.

that sort of shit is how you radicalize people.

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Festering-Fecal@reddit

I have been flagged by bots and banned but I got unbanned as soon as I have challenged it.

On the flip side I have seen mods on a power trip and ban people because they are wrong and won't admit it and when challenged they can't provide you with what rule you actually broke and Lord help you if you piss one off on the main subs. Those people are the most draconic mods I have even met, they make 4chan mods look civil.

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