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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (14 children)

Can I get an eli5 on digg? It seems to have happened years and years before I joined reddit

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Same but different. The site sold out and made some changes that were good for investors, but bad for users. It also happened to slashdot. When that went bad, we all went to digg.

Looking back, I'm surprised reddit lasted as long as it did. Digg and slashdot still exist, but aren't what they were in their heyday. I'm sure reddit will continue in some form.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Wild time. Remember that brief offshoot to voat?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'll be darned, looks like voat shut down a few years ago.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Honestly, good riddance. That place was a cestering fesspool.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It was quite toxic, indeed. I think that's what sent people who tried it back to reddit.

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