SomeGadgetGuyMar 14

Digg WAS back, and a lot of us were excited to try a fresh spin on a social news site, but after a couple weeks of facing issues with bots and community moderation, the team at Digg just pulled the plug. No warning, no consideration for moderator efforts, just nuked the whole thing. I DEFINITELY had some thoughts about this...

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Show threadlupus_blackfurMar 14

@SomeGadgetGuy

"We couldn't tackle today's Internet with a big team"...

"So we'll see of we can tackle it successfully with a small team, if we're successful, we'll see if we can entice you back"...

Hell of a take on their part... 🙄

Also, when/if they come back, who will invest time and effort in them knowing they'll simply pull the plug again if they feel overwhelmed... 🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️

Methinks they just committed Internet suicide. 🤡🫏💩💩

Show threadSomeGadgetGuyMar 14
@lupus_blackfur They did. I wouldn't go back now.
Show threadlupus_blackfur

@SomeGadgetGuy

Their diatribe kind of leaves one with the feeling they were never a truly serious company embarking on a truly serious endeavor to begin with...

Like... "It was just a lark, we failed, oh well"... 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

💩💩

Mar 14 at 10:16pmWeb
Show threadSomeGadgetGuyMar 14

@lupus_blackfur yup!

"Our business model depended on a huge amount of free volunteer labor! Oh well! Sucks that you had faith in our platform! We'll try again soon suckers!"