Digg is Back

So Kevin Rose, the original founder of Digg.com and his former-arch-rival Alexis Ohanian are bringing this once great Web 2.0 aggregator back from the dead.

At first I thought it was a neat idea and was excited. Especially since I have great respect for Kevin and Alexis and what they've done with their careers. They also both seem like decent people, despite their enormous success.

But the more I thought about it, do we really need another walled garden? Isn't Reddit, for this type of thing enough?

The open web has a similar ecosystem/app called Lemmy, which operates very similar to Reddit and has some traction? I just don't seen the need for another closed Reddit-like competitor in the marketplace.

Now I will admit if I'm wrong and Digg takes off. But I just wish they would release it with open protocols and... well... less... Artificial Intelligence.

But who am I to judge? TikTok, despite it's legal uncertainty here in the US and Instagram are both walled gardens that people still use regularly. Some have even made their fortunes on the platforms.

What do you think? Do we need Digg to come back? You won't see me complaining that Kevin and his co-host Alex Albrecht have revived the Diggnation podcast, but Digg itself? ??

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