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Digg’s open beta shuts down after just two months, blaming AI bot spam
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this post was submitted on 13 Mar 2026
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This particular user is a special kind of one. Once you make the wrong noises about something they don't like, they make it their personal mission to start digging for anything even remotely looking like dirt that they can sling your way - as they're now demonstrating below.
I couldn't imagine being that bored.