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Digg’s open beta shuts down after just two months, blaming AI bot spam (www.theverge.com)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 63 points 6 months ago* (6 children)

Nah it sucked. I was on it. It was just lemmy but with less features and with less content. It was dead the moment it started because it did nothing.

I don't understand how they even think it could succeed.

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  • [–] 17 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    I didn't even know it relaunched. They should have advertised it better. I would have checked it out had I known it was coming back.

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    I paid 5 bucks for a founder badge. I've spent more on poorer decisions but that only reduces the sting a little.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    Yeah, same. What I found weird is that they couldn't even send a freaking message. No "hey, we're shutting down", and I guess some people will be annoyed because they lost their saved stuff.

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Right, but isn't Lemmy itself a bit of a "less features" version of Reddit? I'm not here for features, I'm here to get away from toxic Reddit mods because fuck spez.

    I'll admit, I might have taken the bet that "reddit but not reddit" would hold at least some interest.

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