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Ever since the Reddit API revolt began, I've been hearing about its similarities with Digg's downfall. So I looked it up online, and it really has some crucial similarities. (productmint.com)

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The similarities are amazing, especially considering Reddit was one of the succesors of Digg. They can now enable other successors by making stupid decissions and alienating core users.

I wonder if this speaks to the unsustainability of platforms like these, or the cycle can be broken by making good decissions.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Then you're going to love this quote by Steve Huffman (spez) from a Q&A he did with GQ Magazine:

I think the problem Digg had is that it was a company that was built to be a company, and you could feel it in the product. The way you could criticise Reddit is that we weren't a company – we were all heart and no head for a long time. So I think it'd be really hard for me and for the team to kill Reddit in that way.

That quote was from April 2023; it's not even that old.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

The lack of self-awareness should be incredible, but at this point it just seems typical.