n0cte to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • 1 month agoIs lemmy now what reddit used to be 10+ years ago?lockmessage-square151fedilinkarrow-up1220file-text
arrow-up1220message-squareIs lemmy now what reddit used to be 10+ years ago?lockn0cte to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • 1 month agomessage-square151fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@stoicmaverick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink7•1 month agoI forgot about Digg. Whatever happened to it?
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppetlinkfedilinkEnglish10•1 month agoThey forced a UI change that everyone hated, so everyone fled to reddit, thus crowning Steve Huffman, a dirty little piss boy.
minus-square@Sizzler@slrpnk.netlinkfedilink7•1 month agoThey also had power users who dominated post and drove the control of conversation. (MrBabyMan?)
minus-square@Wrench@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•30 days agoThe redesign elevated paid advertisers to the front page, masquerading as real articles. Suddenly 1/4th of the top content was fluff articles not very subtly advertising shit
I forgot about Digg. Whatever happened to it?
They forced a UI change that everyone hated, so everyone fled to reddit, thus crowning Steve Huffman, a dirty little piss boy.
They had a site redesign to garner more monetization.
They also had power users who dominated post and drove the control of conversation. (MrBabyMan?)
The redesign elevated paid advertisers to the front page, masquerading as real articles.
Suddenly 1/4th of the top content was fluff articles not very subtly advertising shit