Digg engineers prepare to launch v4 of the site, 2010

Skylar Hawthorne

Updated Friday, June 23, 2023 at 12:44 AM CDT

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Rac****muggler

Reddit engineers prepare to (removed) 3rd party apps, 2023

Rac****muggler

Reddit engineers prepare to k*** 3rd party apps, 2023

TheSaSQuatCh

And here we are. 13 years later, after the mass exodus.

jwill602

I dont think most people will get why this is funny or timely lol

kmmontandon

History doesn't repeat, but it does rhyme.

winterlyparsley

During all this talk about Digg and reddits current trajectory I came across the open letter Alexis Ohanian , co founder of reddit sent to Digg in 2010 "It's a (removed) shame to see digg just re-implementing features from other websites. "But I've got a strong feeling it's not you making these decisions anymore" "this new version of digg reeks of VC meddling" These things could be said about reddit the last few years. As reddit approaches going public they are under pressure from current investors who want to make money at IPO and a general desire to be more investor friendly What users want and what investors want are usually complete opposites. Expect reddit to get worse. Unfortunately without a big enough userbase to create the content in the first place , no alternative will ever take off.

winterlyparsley

During all this talk about Digg and reddits current trajectory I came across the open letter Alexis Ohanian , co founder of reddit sent to Digg in 2010 "It's a d***** shame to see digg just re-implementing features from other websites. "But I've got a strong feeling it's not you making these decisions anymore" "this new version of digg reeks of VC meddling" These things could be said about reddit the last few years. As reddit approaches going public they are under pressure from current investors who want to make money at IPO and a general desire to be more investor friendly What users want and what investors want are usually complete opposites. Expect reddit to get worse. Unfortunately without a big enough userbase to create the content in the first place , no alternative will ever take off.

PostyMcPosterson

r/momentsbeforedisaster

Udzinraski2

Don't forget to post where we're all going.

LonesomeCrow

What a coincidence, my cake day is Feb 2010.