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Digg launches its new Reddit rival to the public (techcrunch.com)
submitted 6 days ago by Veedem@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Lots of venture capital money behind it. I wonder how quickly the enshitification will begin.

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[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 55 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (5 children)

Conceptually what does this offer that the fediverse/threadiverse/lemmy/piefed doesn't?

What then does it say about the actual value of this company and others like it?

If you want a hypercurated/focused reddit experience just join metafilter.

https://www.metafilter.com/

Somehow I don't get the feeling the owners of Digg are going to be happy with the level of income Metafilter brings in to its owners however....

“We kind of opted for … let’s just keep building this plane as we fly it,” explained Digg CEO Justin Mezzell. “That means that it’s going to be very lightweight, and we’re just going to be aggressively shipping every week and just giving them new features as we go,” he added.

camera slowly pans and zooms out to the Fediverse where mint condition airplanes can be seen everywhere with the word FREE on them

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 75 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The warm and cozy feel of a VC-funded social network.

[–] BurgerBaron@piefed.social 25 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Normies can't seem to help but flock to corporate websites only.

[–] obinice@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Maybe it's because people drive them away from other spaces by doing things like calling them weird pseudo-slurs like "Normies", instead of engaging with them as valid human beings with different lives, experiences and interests who don't always want exactly what we want.

[–] zerozaku@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Yeah we are not using slurs enough. Other platforms are openly racist and therefore have better user engagement coz it's "funny" being openly racist.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 21 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Conceptually what does this offer that the fediverse/threadiverse/lemmy/piefed doesn't?

To us? Nothing. To others? A single place to browse and sign up.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago (2 children)

and maybe a place that takes more of reddits traffic

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 days ago

I can live with that.

[–] And009@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 5 days ago

Ngl. Will digg it.

[–] JayGray91@piefed.social 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Conceptually what does this offer that the fediverse/threadiverse/lemmy/piefed doesn't?

Brand name; the simplicity of just going to a site and register instead of choosing an instance; algorithmic creation most likely.

[–] bonn2@lemmy.zip 5 points 5 days ago

All the AI features are a real plus /s

[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Well, actual users and niche communities that get more than 3 responses max might be one thing it offers.