n0cte@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 4 months agoIs lemmy now what reddit used to be 10+ years ago?lockmessage-squaremessage-square144fedilinkarrow-up1210arrow-down117file-text
arrow-up1193arrow-down1message-squareIs lemmy now what reddit used to be 10+ years ago?lockn0cte@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square144fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarestoicmaverick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 months agoI forgot about Digg. Whatever happened to it?
minus-squareZorque@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 months agoThey had a site redesign to garner more monetization.
minus-squareSizzler@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 months agoThey also had power users who dominated post and drove the control of conversation. (MrBabyMan?)
minus-squareWrench@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoThe redesign elevated paid advertisers to the front page, masquerading as real articles. Suddenly 1/4th of the top content was fluff articles not very subtly advertising shit
I forgot about Digg. Whatever happened to it?
They had a site redesign to garner more monetization.
They also had power users who dominated post and drove the control of conversation. (MrBabyMan?)
The redesign elevated paid advertisers to the front page, masquerading as real articles.
Suddenly 1/4th of the top content was fluff articles not very subtly advertising shit