Digg announces a “hard reset” and shuts down operations two months after it was relaunched by Kevin Rose and Alexis Ohanian, citing the scale of AI bot spam
Digg's Reddit-like relaunch failed fast, but its CEO is already planning another comeback.
The Verge Richard Lawler
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Discussion
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Tough day. Made some difficult changes to the @digg team. This wasn't about performance - these are brilliant and talented folks. We just haven't found the right product-market fit yet. More: https://www.digg.com/
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rip digg again i guess [image]
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Digg lays off staff and shuts down app as company retools
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Digg's open beta shuts down after just two months, blaming AI bot spam — https://www.theverge.com/... For anyone running a content driven site like a forum or blog, a new site or user generated content is now a bad idea. The users are long gone because these AI chatbots steal…