The new Digg feels a lot like the same ole’ Reddit. The mobile app is basically a clone, even down to the pointless “Trending” bar at the top.
There’s no API support yet, no plan for federation, and no guardrails to stop the slow slide into bloat (notice the Digg Daily AI podcast?) and ads we’ve all seen before.
Right now the only thing holding it together is the community, and the goodwill of Kevin Rose and the team. I respect them, but goodwill isn’t a plan.
Leadership changes. Platforms change. When money starts talking, users always pay the price.
No federation? No thank you.
27 Comments
criss_cross@lemmy.world · 52 pts · 320d
Haven’t been on new Reddit in a while (anytime I go I use ‘old.’).
Is the first 70% of the screen really an ad?
Blackfeathr@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 320d
Yes, sometimes even more than that.
wetbeardhairs@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 38 pts · 320d
I checked it out. It's not a ghost town, but I feel like there is less activity than on federated platforms. It doesnt have the critical number of people talking about stuff to be interesting and actually result in dialog.
piskertariot@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 320d
It actually is a ghost town. There's so little engagement, and even the upvote-counts seemingly aren't obfuscated, and are super low.
There's also already a lot of conservative trolls who will flame for "MUH SPEECH" if you suggest that they're an annoying conservative. "Hey man, I'm just asking the questions". In a ghost town, they appear louder.
My theory is that people just don't want to comment anymore. We all learned our lesson. If we comment, we just feed the AI beast. I'm not offering my insights and opinions so that you can scrape them.
JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz · 10 pts · 319d
Alternative platforms always start with the people that aren't welcome in the old ones - Lemmy was literally originally made as a communist safespace:
Vespair@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 319d
Yes but all outcasts are not equal. I'm happy to share a meal with communists, but I've got no interest wasting my time with extreme right-wingers.
nieceandtows@programming.dev · 1 pts · 318d
That's very interesting. How do you think lemmy has evolved since that post?
wetbeardhairs@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 319d
Maybe they just don't have AI commenting like reddit does?
galaxy_nova@lemmy.world · 35 pts · 320d
AI bad me no likey
sundray@lemmus.org · 24 pts · 320d
We should go on strikey
Triumph@fedia.io · 21 pts · 320d
I'll get my pikey.
Blackfeathr@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 320d
It's really spikey!
DJDarren@sopuli.xyz · 28 pts · 319d
Amazing. Make loads of noise about snagging Christian from Apollo to be a part of the relaunch, then make an app that has nowhere near the charm of Apollo.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz · 21 pts · 319d
Meanwhile someone made an open source version of Apollo for Lemmy and it's great. Voyager is the name for anyone not aware yet (though I think most have heard)
DJDarren@sopuli.xyz · 8 pts · 319d
I posted my comment using that very client 😀
cosmOS@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 319d
Posted from voyager app!
Rhapsodicjock_108@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 319d
Commenting from voyager app.
PerfectDark@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 319d
Voyager makes moderating a breeze, too!
logicbomb@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 320d
What would be an example of a guardrail to stop the slow slide into bloat?
I'm not asking for a detailed explanation, but I simply can't understand what sort of feature you're imagining.
I sort of get the idea that maybe you just mean that you're already seeing the beginnings of bloat, but if there was something that could actually stop bloat, that sounds very interesting.
cosmOS@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 320d
I’m not an expert, but my understanding is that federation adds significant complexity to the system. Even simple features take careful planning, so there’s a natural friction that prevents new features from being added carelessly.
SouthFresh@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 320d
Decentralization's a good start.
SouthFresh@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 320d
Why leave Lemmy for Lemmy-Junior?
interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml · 16 pts · 319d
Why would anyone give any air to the Digg people, they are sell out ?
They do not deserve a microsecond of attention and people who don't know them should be saved from becoming their victims.
We all left Digg and empowered Reddit, and Reddit also ducked us.
How many times do you have to get burned on that hot stove to STOP DUCKING TOUCHING IT ??
altphoto@lemmy.today · 15 pts · 318d
Fuck reddit and digg. Worthless. Lemmy is way better in every respect.
favoredponcho@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 319d
Wispy2891@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 318d
I'll comment on that story on the screenshot
Those two sentences are mutually exclusive
Crozekiel@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 319d
Is it bad that I automatically don't take them seriously just based on their links to socials? Didn't even go for a Bluesky (let alone anything federated) and going for twitter and instagram like it's still 2019.
mrdown@lemmy.world · -6 pts · 320d
Can i get an invite code?