Digg is returning thanks to Digg and Reddit co-founders Kevin Rose and Alexis Ohanian

Digg – once known as “the homepage of the internet” – is making a come-back, after being bought by its co-founder Kevin Rose in partnership with Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian. It’s an interesting move given that Reddit was a competitor who pretty much inherited that “homepage of the web” accolade. Also ‘interesting’ is the pair’s belief that most moderation can be done by AI … A quick guide to Digg For those not old enough to have used it, Digg was essentially a social news site. Both editors and users could post links, and users would then upvote them (“digg”) or downvote them (“bury”). A key feature was that other sites could embed those digg buttons, allowing users to vote on links even without visiting the site itself. Digg was so influential that even larger sites could find themselves unable to cope with the traffic resulting from a link making it to the top of the homepage. The site was essentially killed by a combination of an unpopular update, widespread manipulation, ... Read full article.