It’s only been a year since Digg founder Kevin Rose, Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian, and a few others announced the link-sharing site would relaunch, promising a « social discovery built by communities, not by algorithms. » Now, two months after opening its Reddit-like platform to the public, Digg is announcing a « hard reset » that’s shutting down operations and will « significantly downsize the Digg team. »
When they announced its relaunch, Rose told The Verge that AI could « remove the janitorial work of moderators and community managers. » Now, the new Digg’s CEO Justin Mezzell writes in a note pinned to the homepage that, « We knew bots were …
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