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Just randomly got an invite code to Digg beta. This could be Reddit's Bluesky, while Lemmy/Mbin/Piefed would be the third way (lemmy.zip)
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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

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[–] Agent_Karyo@lemmy.world 58 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

From my perspective, Digg and Reddit are the same thing. Anti-user platforms run by pro-corruption, pro-crime oligarchs (and wannabes).

I will note that Kevin Rose's previous project was an out and out scam; an NFT pump and dump.

[–] Blaze@lemmy.zip 20 points 1 week ago

Yes, the same way Bluesky and Twitter are the same, or close enough.

What might happen is still a migration of users from Reddit to Digg, but I guess we can't really expect a lot of people joining Lemmy/Mbin/Piefed

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 15 points 1 week ago

agreed. hard pass.

[–] favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What is this previous project you speak of?

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[–] Gerudo@lemmy.zip 39 points 1 week ago

I left Digg for Reddit back in the day. Then I left Reddit for Lemmy. Now, I'm still not going back because I learned my lesson.

[–] Skavau@piefed.social 20 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Is Digg committing itself to the concept of community moderation by volunteers with large amounts of autonomy, or is it going down an AI-route?

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

I'm sure we can guess correctly at this one.

[–] Blaze@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There's at least an AI tl:dr below each post, not sure about the moderation.

[–] Skavau@piefed.social 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

To me, if it doesn't have the basic users running communities foundation of Reddit and the Fediverse - it just isn't a Reddit alternative. Communities would be more like hashtags.

[–] Blaze@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Sidebar of a community

I guess they plan to have user-managed communities later, otherwise indeed they wouldn't be able to compete with Reddit

[–] Skavau@piefed.social 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Having a "Top Contributors" section on the sidebar is already putting up red flags to me, to be honest.

[–] Agent_Karyo@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I find the badges on reddit (I still use it for some niche gaming communities and r/tycoon) very annoying. We want organic engagement, not a skinner box.

[–] favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

The operators basically said they want AI to do moderation because that's the boring and shitty part of being a volunteer. They would rather have community volunteers focus on building the community.

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[–] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It's nice that you like it. I'm just fine with the things they are on lemmy and mastodon. I see no need for another US corporation to control and censor the internet discourse.

See ya!

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago

I never said I liked it, and I don't plan to leave the Fediverse.

[–] cecilkorik@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Same. Frankly it's also about the users. I appreciate people who are willing to put a little effort in, and invest some treasured and limited mental bandwidth understanding how federation works in order to join the community and share their thoughts. A little bit of barrier to entry is a feature, not a bug as far as I'm concerned. Yes it's going to keep the mainstream away, but on the plus side, it also keeps the mainstream away.

Edit: Since we're on Fedigrow, I want to clarify that I still want to grow the Fediverse (of course) but to me it's about attracting the best kind of people to the conversations here, not about lowering ourselves to the lowest common denominator or being the only option for people to turn to.

[–] Gork@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 week ago

If Digg is making a comeback then it really has gone full circle.

[–] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

At least blue sky is open/decentralized. Digg is just yet another centralized alternative

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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.

[–] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

True, but at least bluesky can be bridged to mastodon.

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If Digg aren't completely stupid, they should have an API for third party apps at launch, which would allow replication as well

[–] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago

Also true, but it wouldn't be as open as bluesky's.

[–] aramis87@fedia.io 8 points 1 week ago

I don't trust it. Mostly because it's under control of Kevin Rose (OG Digg co-founder) and Alexis Ohanian (OG reddit co-founder), both of whom sold out of their original companies. Fair enough, it at least means they have some idea of what they're doing (at least for 2005), but it also means they're going to sell out again sometime. I'm tired finding "new home"s, tired of settling in and getting used to new interfaces, lingo and ways things happen, tired of chasing down new communities, identifying good and bad actors, and establishing ban and follow lists. I'm old and I'm grumpy and I'm tired of this shit.

[–] sirico@feddit.uk 7 points 1 week ago

If joined up I'd have gone full circle

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Digg is still a thing?

[–] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

It went away, became a blog-spam site for a bit and now is coming back.

[–] Natanael@infosec.pub 4 points 1 week ago

Correction, it would be reddit's Threads

[–] ACcool@infosec.pub 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Just joined Lemmy this month. Decent so far.

I think I'll try Mbin/Pieced soon. Or is that not necessary?

[–] Skavau@piefed.social 7 points 1 week ago

You have access to communities on Piefed/Mbin via Lemmy, but there are additional tools on Piefed (and Mbin) that you might like.

[–] Luffy879@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

interface is cleaner than Reddit

Ever heard about something called „Frontends”?

[–] apftwb@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Yeah and Reddit killed their API and all third party apps. That's how I got here.

[–] Blaze@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm not a native speaker, is "interface" incorrect in this context?

[–] Luffy879@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The default interface, yes

But since just about everything has an API, including reddit, its pretty nonsensical to make it an argument, since you can use Any frontend or app for them.

[–] Blaze@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago

Isn't Reddit making their API paid why most of the people came here?

[–] flamingos@feddit.uk 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I doubt we'll see the same kind of exodus to this like what happened with Bluesky and Twitter*. Reddit, for all its faults, doesn't have an Elon Musk at the helm which was a major push factor for both masto and bsky adoption.

* Also it should be pointed out that Bsky has ~10 million MAU while Twitter still has ~350 million, so the exodus wasn't even that large.

[–] dil@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I could see it hitting more ppl than here at least, marketing and ads alone, and ofc some ppl find signing up here, finding an app, etc. confusing while there is obvious with just one app and site

[–] Blaze@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

Good point about Musk, let's see how it goes

  • Also it should be pointed out that Bsky has ~10 million MAU while Twitter still has ~350 million, so the exodus wasn’t even that large.

Network effect is at play, but still impressive compared to Mastodon numbers

[–] AlexisFR@jlai.lu 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Nah. The Bluesky of Reddit will be whatever Kn0thing/Alexis Ohanian is cooking.

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