Digg launches its new Reddit rival to the public | TechCrunch
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Digg, a reboot of an earlier social news site, is now relaunching as a Reddit competitor focused on communities.

Lots of venture capital money behind it. I wonder how quickly the enshitification will begin.

  • iatenine@piefed.socialEnglish
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    10 days ago

    They’re betting that AI can help to address some of the messiness and toxicity of today’s social media landscape. At the same time, social platforms will need a new set of tools to ensure they’re not taken over by AI bots posing as people.

    “We’re banking on AI as a competitive advantage but also, here’s why it’s bad” is quite a business strategy

    • PrivateNoob@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      10 days ago

      They will populate the basic sites with bots to garner some “content” just like Reddit did in its early days