"Digg, the crowdsourced content platform, is where "upvoting" links was popularized. However, a failed redesign wrecked the site's popularity with its user base, who fled to Reddit - and the rest was history. Digg flailed under different curated, editorial visions and Reddit became one of the internet's biggest websites. In an interview with TechCrunch, Rose shared his goals with the newly relaunched Digg of building trust with its user base and making sure it's not overtaken by AI bots looking to manipulate the platform."
"Now, Digg's original founder Kevin Rose is teaming up with Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian to relaunch the platform. Digg is back (again) and looking to take on Reddit with the help of the guy who founded Reddit. (Ohanian left Reddit in 2020.) On Wednesday, the beta version of Digg officially launched to the public at Digg.com. Interested users can sign up for the beta now."
"At launch, the new Digg has 21 general communities around topics such as science, funny, tech, gaming, and entertainment. Around 67,000 users were invited on the platform before the public launch. With the public launch, anyone can now sign-up and a community could be created around any specific topic or niche. However, at the time, each community can only have one manager. Digg CEO Justin Mezzell told TechCrunch that the company wanted to launch the platform and then build and ship features weekly"
Digg relaunched publicly in beta, led by original founder Kevin Rose alongside Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian. The platform opens to anyone for sign-up and initially invited about 67,000 users. At launch Digg offers 21 general communities spanning science, funny, tech, gaming, and entertainment; communities can be created around any niche but currently allow only one manager. Leadership emphasizes building trust and preventing AI-bot manipulation, including options to verify hardware ownership for niche communities. Digg plans iterative weekly feature releases and has introduced an AI-created podcast, Digg Daily, with possible human hosts after user feedback.
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