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I'm not sure any platform can nosedive quite like slashdot. I'm not sure what the wreck looked like but the entire culture of slashdot and fresh meat seemed to disappear at some point.


surely Digg had a nosedive of unmatched proportions.


How can we Digg Reddit? You are correct the nosedive of Digg was stunning in force and speed. I remember it so clearly.


I do remember digg crashing because they were... Using the algorithm to get paid by advertisers and censoring posts, who could imagine?

The downfall of Digg led directly to reddit and the death of Mr. Schwartz began reddits long path into slow enshitification.


No, we just never really cared to rise above the noise...




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