Digg launches its new Reddit rival to the public | TechCrunch
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Digg, a reboot of an earlier social news site, is now relaunching as a Reddit competitor focused on communities.

Lots of venture capital money behind it. I wonder how quickly the enshitification will begin.

  • stormio@lemmy.caEnglish
    86·
    16 hours ago

    Plus, Rose suggests Digg could use signals acquired from mobile devices to help verify members — for instance, the app could identify when Digg users attended a meetup in the same location.

    Maybe I’m being paranoid, but this does not sound like a good thing for privacy.

    • scarabic@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      3 hours ago

      You are absolutely right about that. Passively detecting your location? Fuck that. We are getting into an era where bots are overwhelming and user verification is a valid topic to discuss. I think additional device permissions can be one element in that discussion. But this idea he popped off the dome is a miserable example of such.

    • Trilogy3452@lemmy.worldEnglish
      47·
      16 hours ago

      “Hi! We’ve just noticed there are 2 other members of d/footfettish next to you, go say hi!”