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I was the creator of the OG Popurls which at the time was the #1 traffic driver for Reddit and Digg; and also created Twidroid the very first Android Twitter client which became one of the reasons for shutting down 3rd party apps after its acquisition. Since I'm a sucker for anything old-school Web, I've been working on a Digg 1.0 rehash for a while now so if any of you wants to beta test let me know.


Today is the day to launch a public beta!


From Usenet to Slashdot/Fark to Digg to Reddit I'm ready for what comes next. I'd like to test if you need testers. bold.cat3322@fastmail.com


Since you were much closer to it than a bit of google would reveal, can I ask you— what killed Digg?


User hostile redesigns that ultimately (after several redesigns) alienated users.

Not unlike what's happening to Reddit these days.


Speaking of old school web, I once got on the front page of Digg with a mock-up of what Digg would have looked like in the 90s. Sadly that seems to have been lost in the sands of time.


I would be happy to give a look through it, email in my bio.

I dig that sort of thing, someone did something similar with classic MySpace: https://spacehey.com/. We just need Bebo back and we're sorted ;)


Hang on ... you left off geocities. The internet is not complete without it.


https://neocities.org: *exists*


I will see you in a week when I emerge from experiencing all that has to offer.


I'll take it for a spin.


I'd love to see that--jbudde@a2tech.us




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