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BrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 3 days ago

Digg lays off staff and shuts down app as company retools

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Digg lays off staff and shuts down app as company retools

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BrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 3 days ago
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Digg lays off staff and shuts down app as company retools | TechCrunch
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Digg laid off a significant number of staff and shut down its app, but says it's not giving up on the startup.

Digg laid off a significant number of staff and shut down its app, but says it’s not giving up on the startup.

Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/13/digg-lays-off-staff-and-shuts-down-app-as-company-retools/

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  • lemmysmash@beehaw.org
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    Digg is still alive?!

  • BrikoX@lemmy.zipOPM
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    The biggest self own in this is that they are saying LLM bots killed them while they were using LLMs for many of their own functionality.

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    Well, that didn’t last long.

  • belated_frog_pants@beehaw.org
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    I forgot digg existed still

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    If digg had written a fediverse compatible app, things could’ve turned out way differently. But they wanted to create a new, disconnected garden and there’s no appetite for that.

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    This didn’t happen years ago?

    • BrikoX@lemmy.zipOPM
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      It did. They tried a revive which lasted 2 months.

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