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How many of you were using Digg during its prime? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by owiseedoubleyou@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Mereo@lemmy.ca 38 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Slashdot -> Digg -> Reddit -> Lemmy. Back then, web servers didn't have a lot of resources. So if a Digg post was popular, it could slow the site to a crawl. Then we all knew the site was being "Digged".

[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

I still have my slashdot account but don't use it much other than niche interest stuff. But otherwise same path for me.

[–] Elw@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 1 year ago

And before that, sites got slash dotted