How did Digg fall, exactly? I went from Fark to Reddit - skipping Digg. I remember the Digg migration and everyone being mad at MrBabyHands or something like that. Something about power users, but I don't know enough about Digg to understand the drama.
they couldn't control the narrative by just the articles they posted because of the comment, so they banned commenting. not just for unverified, but just in general.
How did Digg fall, exactly? I went from Fark to Reddit - skipping Digg. I remember the Digg migration and everyone being mad at MrBabyHands or something like that. Something about power users, but I don't know enough about Digg to understand the drama.
Digg ultimately died because they redesigned its UI and not listening to its community. Sounds vaguely familiar...
I never used Digg, I vaguely remember a controversy over bluray?(Or was that a different site?).
Here is a corporatist perspective
https://www.internetmarketingninjas.com/blog/social-media/digg-vs-reddit-who-succeeded-and-why/
Basically same thing you say about power users being the only ones who could vote up/down. Not sure how you became a power user.
they couldn't control the narrative by just the articles they posted because of the comment, so they banned commenting. not just for unverified, but just in general.