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Re: Digg.com is back

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Post by StyloBill »

system2 wrote: post #108
StyloBill wrote: post #98

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you consider reddit to be hardcore-leftist, you'll find plenty of like-minded people on 4chan.

Try saying something patriotic on reddit and see how fast you will get downvoted to hell.

It has nothing to do with reddit being 'hardcore-leftist' as you put it, and more to do with the sad state of the US nowadays. Also, try saying anything remotely moderate on any right-leaning sub and see how that works. Really depends on the sub you're browsing.

Also, my anecdotal experience is very different than yours: not a day goes by without me reading some imbecilic comment about american exceptionalism, and where other idiots (I think you'd call them "patriots") gather to upvote/outbid said comment, particularly on large subs.

Re: Digg.com is back

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Post by kjkjadksj »

system2 wrote: post #108
StyloBill wrote: post #98

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you consider reddit to be hardcore-leftist, you'll find plenty of like-minded people on 4chan.

Try saying something patriotic on reddit and see how fast you will get downvoted to hell.

Same thing would have happened to you 15 years ago on reddit

Re: Digg.com is back

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Post by subsection1h »

I did a Ctrl+F for "Patriots" and "ASCII" in this thread, and I didn't see any results, which was surprising because what killed Digg for me were two issues: the Digg Patriots who brigaded many discussions and all of the stupid ASCII art in the comments, such as "It's a trap!":

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/585451-alphabet-zoo/501...

Re: Digg.com is back

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Post by _DeadFred_ »

haburka wrote: post #5

I think that social media has been a massive experiment where we asked, what if we let capital interests subvert our desire for community to get us to watch ads? And we have learned that it’s just not a good idea. I think perhaps Digg was one of the better ones but I solemnly wish social media was mostly illegal, especially advertising based, for profit sites. I think hacker news manages to be ok since it doesn’t rel…

Hacker news is not an app for cheap entertainment. Social media is. Hacker news is predominantly used by professionals, entrepreneurs, and/or tech interested/adjacent people. Social media isn't. Internet access and historical self selecting of people who sought out online spaces for interaction/community (it was not the norm, nor as acceptable, in fact often considered weird) acted as a gatekeeper that previously skewed early social media to have a different user base than today.

Re: Digg.com is back

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Post by smileybarry »

autoexec wrote: post #32

Digg failed because they weren't listening to what the users wanted. Reddit has been doing the same thing for a long time, and there's a large number of people looking for somewhere to migrate to. It'd be hilarious if New Digg becomes that, but I'm feeling pretty skeptical that New Digg is going to be any better. What little I've seen about New Digg talks about crypto, AI, and "Gems" you can earn which is far from a…

Gems is deceptively named but it's essentially just for posting interesting things that gets discussions or Diggs, or being early to post something. It has nothing to do with crypto etc.

Source: I've been using the app since the alpha started.

Re: Digg.com is back

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Post by basch »

phire wrote: post #111
hinkley wrote: post #87

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I took it as, “the same sorts of mistakes Digg made” which I would agree with. They’re boiling the frog pretty successfully though.

Yeah, reddit spread the changes out over years, just Decades of slow incremental changes. Even the new UI started off as optional, and the old UI is still (mostly) supported after 7 years. Digg always rolled out its changes in one big update, which replaced the old version of the site overnight. So not only did users get to see all the changes in one big slap to the fact, but they couldn't switch back to Digg v3 if t…

the earlier Digg migration was due to censorship. not being allowed to post encryption keys.

pretty common playbook to allow gray and illicit and unattributed content only to clean up once youve hit critical mass.

Re: Digg.com is back

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Post by edm0nd »

system2 wrote: post #108
StyloBill wrote: post #98

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you consider reddit to be hardcore-leftist, you'll find plenty of like-minded people on 4chan.

Try saying something patriotic on reddit and see how fast you will get downvoted to hell.

you aren't a patriot tho if you hate gay people

you are actually the opposite of a patriot lol

Re: Digg.com is back

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Post by zhengyi13 »

leptons wrote: post #101
Wonnk13 wrote: post #15

I was a refugee of the Great Digg Migration to reddit some 14 or so years ago. old.reddit and adblockers as well as very aggressive curation of subreddits have kept it to an overall positive experience over the decade. I think overall I'm just less enthusiastic about the internet; everytime I come back from a week or two of backpacking without internet connection I realize how overstimulated with inane bullshit we al…

I remember Reddit before Digg users invaded it. Reddit used to be good. Digg refugees fucked it up nearly overnight. The comment sections quickly became garbage. It was like a bunch of teenagers decided to take over Reddit.

This sounds like an Eternal September complaint.

Re: Digg.com is back

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Post by system2 »

edm0nd wrote: post #128
system2 wrote: post #108

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Try saying something patriotic on reddit and see how fast you will get downvoted to hell.

you aren't a patriot tho if you hate gay people you are actually the opposite of a patriot lol

Who said I hate gay people? I am saying what the trends and narratives are. I feel like HN users don't know how to read and understand comments.
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