Digg founder teams up with former Reddit rival to buy and revive website
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>The company said in a release that it aims to differentiate itself in the social media market by “focusing on AI innovations designed to enhance the user experience and build a human-centered alternative.”
AI ... Yay?
> Digg said it will also create a platform that “prioritizes transparency, rewards human effort, and fosters enriching discussions.”
Wasn't a lack of transparency one of the original issues folks didn't like about Digg?
For me it was a slow gradual build up of stuff. Lack of transparency played a role but it was* more the features added/removed. The final thing that made me switch to reddit was the changes to power users. They basically allowed power users to completely control the front page. There are tons of reddit threads that go into a lot more details.