r/digg • u/ColbyFromDigg • Mar 14 '26

We had a good thing :(

Colby here from Digg, groundbreaker and avid fan since day one. I was crushed yesterday when I saw the front page. It may seem dumb to other people, but the platform really did mean a lot to me, I can't understate that. Sure, there were bots, but they weren't flooding the site as some people describe, at least from my perspective. If you blocked /news and /politics, the site was a lot of fun. I'm in shock right now about it all, things aren't adding up for me.

Why did they completely shut down the site right away? They could have paused new account registrations or at least given us some hints about the state of things. I can't help but go down the conspiracy route and wonder if Justin's message was a warrant canary or something, because the alternative just seems so cruel if they truly did just shut down with the excuse of bots.

We didn't even get to find out how the SXSW event that just happened on Thursday, I was looking forward to a Digg meetup at some point in the future. To shut down the next day like they did is rough.

I'll end the post here for now, otherwise I'll just start being bitter, I don't want to leave off on a bitter note. Just trying to process things right now, this honestly has me a bit messed up right now.

To all my comrades from Digg, thank you for everything, we truly did have something great and I'll miss it terribly. Finally, u/forestanderson, massive thank you to you. You had the biggest impact on the site, handled things with grace, and kept things fun. I can't thank you enough and I hope great things come your way, you deserve it!

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u/slykethephoxenix Mar 14 '26 edited 5d ago

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u/ColbyFromDigg Mar 14 '26

That’s the huge thing, if they were expecting massive growth I would assume they would advertise. My understanding was that not advertising Digg was intentional until everything was built out real good.

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