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Digg founder Kevin Rose and Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian buy Digg for an undisclosed sum from Money Group, aiming to focus on “connection and humanity” online.

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Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Tea@programming.dev⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.zip⁩

https://apnews.com/article/digg-reddit-relaunch-d5c469608ed7565b3161f327c2894c63

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  • doctortofu@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Inb4 it turns out they bought it to promote an AI that specializes in connection and humanity…

    What, me, bitter? Naaaw, what makes you think so?

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    • SketchySeaBeast@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      They named their two new AI models “connection” and “humanity”.

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  • shish_mish@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Digg still exists? I had no idea.

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    • Bronzebeard@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It has morphed into something completely different them the link sharing site it used to be.

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  • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I think it would be funny if Digg made a comeback

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  • AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Digg was always trash. Reddit became trash.

    Slashdot, a nation turns its lonely eyes to you

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    • miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Slashdot crashed and burned during its ‘beta’ phase and never fully recovered - ‘partially’-recovered would be generous, at best. Cowboy Neal ate Natalie Portman’s grits - insensitive clod.

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      • 4am@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Uh…Fark I guess?

        LOL he said on Lemmy

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  • Xanxia@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Not surprised as he has mentioned quite a number of times on the revived diggnation show that he would like to have it back. Lets see if he can avoid enshittifying it before it goes up again.

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