Digg.com relaunch public beta is live

No idea what the tech behind this site is, or what server(s) it's running on, but kind of clearly not enough for the hug of death it seems to be getting... can't really even use it (slow).

Re: Digg.com relaunch public beta is live

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Post by Aboutplants » Wed, Jan 14, 2026, 9:41 PM UTC

How has Kevin Rose escaped legal ramifications from all of his NFT grifts he hawked in the past few years?

Re: Digg.com relaunch public beta is live

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Post by billy99k » Wed, Jan 14, 2026, 9:51 PM UTC

Aboutplants wrote: post #6

How has Kevin Rose escaped legal ramifications from all of his NFT grifts he hawked in the past few years?

If celebrities can hawk rug pull crypto coins, I seriously doubt there will be any legal ramifications for him.

Re: Digg.com relaunch public beta is live

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Post by mrkpdl » Wed, Jan 14, 2026, 9:57 PM UTC

Again?

Re: Digg.com relaunch public beta is live

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Post by barelysapient » Wed, Jan 14, 2026, 10:02 PM UTC

tracker1 wrote: post #5

I used to like Digg and enjoy the podcast a lot. No idea what the tech behind this site is, or what server(s) it's running on, but kind of clearly not enough for the hug of death it seems to be getting... can't really even use it (slow).

I loved digg too.

So weird it’s HOD. Scaling tech much easier with modern infra.

Still hoping hacker news front pages my Rick and Morty inter-dimensional cable inspired news site someday.

Re: Digg.com relaunch public beta is live

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Post by al_borland » Wed, Jan 14, 2026, 10:05 PM UTC

I joined during the private beta and already gave up on it about a month ago. I ran into too many users that brought their Reddit toxicity with them. I couldn't take it. It looks like I only lasted a month; it seemed to start off OK, but went downhill quickly.

I see they launched the custom communities now, that didn't exist yet the last time I visited. Just scrolling through the front page, it looks like there is even less activity than when it was private, which seems concerning.