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Digg is coming back, thanks to its founder — and Reddit’s
- Kevin Rose, the founder of Digg, with a team of partners including Alexis Ohanian, is relaunching Digg with a focus on building a community-first social platform.
- The new Digg aims to engage the community better than before and incorporate AI to enhance user experience and reduce moderation efforts.
- The platform will operate similarly to the old Digg, with users sharing links, commenting, and voting. The 'Bury' downvote option has been replaced.
- The team perceives potential in creating a platform that combines the best aspects of the old Digg with improved community care, resembling a more user-friendly Reddit.
- AI will play a significant role in content management on the new Digg, allowing for automated moderation and creative community features like language translations and content moderation.
- The team intends to empower users by providing tools that enhance community interaction and enable personalized experiences within sub-communities.
- The focus of the new platform is on user engagement and authenticity, aiming to maintain a human touch in the content curation process.
- Digg plans to offer innovative ways to reward and recognize users for their contributions, prioritizing insightful and positive interactions over metrics like follower count.
- The relaunch of Digg is seen as a prototype with plans to evolve and grow based on user feedback and engagement over time.
- The team acknowledges that the current version of Digg is a work-in-progress, with gradual improvements and features to be introduced in response to user needs and preferences.
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