joebob

joined 1 year ago
[–] joebob@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

People stopped using Digg after v4 and it died. Digg sold for $500k in 2012–down from a valuation of $175M+ only a couple years prior. The buyers kept the name but changed it to a curated content aggregator without community comments, etc.

[–] joebob@programming.dev 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

c/lostlemmings

[–] joebob@programming.dev 11 points 1 year ago

“savage hordes of vermin”

[–] joebob@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

Astroturfing is just a reality we have to live with online.