Not an OG, but I used to enjoy watching Diggnation on my iPod Video.
Hopefully the new Digg is full of interesting stuff and not a "front page" of endless politics (it's even leaching into the lesser-known niche subreddits).
Digg is the only daily email I actually get with some sort of news or missed memes and I enjoy it. People make fun of me for still using Digg, but it's just short enough to keep me up on what's the latest and 4 of the biggest news points. I never really hit the site. Curious to see how it improves or changes!
Other than nostalgia, why should I sign up for it? I didn't gather from the article what sort of innovations are they planning to bring in than would make it appealing to use
Got the same sentiment from the article - I think the value-case that is being implied is Ohanian and Rose leading the platform; not entirely sold on that pitch but interested to see what ends up happening with it.
They have an opportunity to make a news aggregator that is well moderated and doesn’t include bullshit. That seems to be what they want to do. However, I have zero confidence they will succeed because they have drunk the “AI” Kool-Aid. No matter how much money and experience they have, profit seeking tech bros will never be able to recapture the magic.
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> So why now? It’s a combination of reasons, according to Rose, who says that the existing social media landscape has become toxic, messy, and riddled with misinformation — and AI is well-placed to address that.
If by "address" you mean "exacerbate" then definitely.
I don't know too much about Kevin Rose but Alexis is an interesting dude. Marginally excited to see what they get up to in this climate; hoping for old man "get off my lawn" approach vs. further enshitification?
We are so back! I have a photo somewhere with Kevin at SXSW from 2005-ish? His hak5 episode taught me how to use L0phtCrack to steal and crack SAM files. I had passwords for almost every teacher and admin in the district. The head honcho superuser admin literally had the password "north" lmao. The act got me expelled from high school, but worth it in the end.
Yeah the school I got kicked out of was a terrible place. The school I got transferred to afterwards opened my life up to a lot of new activities, I started exploring subjects outside of math/science like ceramics, met my first girlfriend etc. Well worth it after all was said and done.
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