• ThePowerOfGeek
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      4611 days ago

      You weren’t kidding.

      Digg’s new leaders say they want to use artificial intelligence to “handle the grunt work” of running a social media site while allowing humans to focus on building meaningful online communities.

      I know they are talking about moderation. But it’s hard to see them not pushing AI out into other areas of their ecosystem. Especially when they will be struggling for users from the start, and thus they will struggle for content.

    • Leraje
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      1511 days ago

      Built in, pre-launch enshittification. Novel.

  • @gsfraley@lemmy.world
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    6011 days ago

    I mean, I’m not about to leave Lemmy, this place scratches an itch that only old Reddit and Digg gave me. But competition for the steaming greedy shitpile that Reddit’s become is welcome to me, better to keep them on their toes after their awful anti-user antics.

      • @Steve@communick.news
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        1711 days ago

        They aren’t mutually exclusive options.
        Nothing is stopping some big corp from spinning up their own Fediverse service.
        See Gmail as an example.

    • Ghostalmedia
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      711 days ago

      I’ll go to whatever is the better experience for healthy online communities. Lemmy scratches an itch now, but there is definitely room for improvement.

      It’s still hard for small niche community to gain traction here, the mod tools don’t scale for beans, and onboarding into an instance is still a big barrier for too many people.

  • @expatriado@lemmy.world
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    1211 days ago

    that one time that digg wanted to reinvent itself backfired terribly, but i guess this time they don’t have much to lose

  • We met after dark in a sketchy secluded place somewhat fearful of discovery. Once assembled, we burnt effigies and took blood oaths to seal our pact to never return to Digg.

  • Zier
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    1010 days ago

    twitter to bluesky reddit to digg

    no thanks, I’ll stick with Mastodon & mbin where the real people hang out.

  • @atzanteol@sh.itjust.works
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    511 days ago

    relaunching the early Reddit rival with a focus on “humanity and connection” they hope will be boosted by the use of artificial intelligence.

    🤔

  • Phoenixz
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    59 days ago

    Uh huh, its all about humanity ~~and shareholders ~~ feelings

  • @Hafty@lemmy.world
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    411 days ago

    If Digg relaunches as a federated service that’d be cool. Like a decentralized RSS reader or something.

  • breadguyyyyyyy
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    311 days ago

    oh good, useless marketing platitudes. surely that will rouse up interest

  • Em Adespoton
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    111 days ago

    I still get weekly email digests from Digg. Never bothered to unsubscribe because I kept expecting them to just collapse.