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A few observations
- interface is cleaner than Reddit (some people will probably complain about the space wasted, even in "compact" mode, but most users should be fine)
- there is only a handful of communities existing at the moment, and no option to create more. See picture for the list.
- feature-wise, it looks very similar to Reddit/Lemmy/Piefed: upvotes/downvotes, comments, sort types
Based on what happened with Twitter, Bluesky and Mastodon, we can probably imagine that Digg might be a new actor that quite a few people will join, when the people the most aware of enshittification of corporate platforms will stay on Lemmy/Mbin/Piefed
Random thought: maybe a "lifestyle" community could be a way to encompass a few communities that struggle to stay active
At least blue sky is open/decentralized. Digg is just yet another centralized alternative
If there's one thing we've learned about the Reddit API fiasco, and the Twitter - Mastodon - Bluesky dynamics, is that the vast majority of users don't really care about federation.
If Digg is a less shitty Reddit, a lot of people will probably move there.
True, but at least bluesky can be bridged to mastodon.
If Digg aren't completely stupid, they should have an API for third party apps at launch, which would allow replication as well
Also true, but it wouldn't be as open as bluesky's.