Digg to Reddit Exodus

Comments discuss how Digg lost users to Reddit after a controversial redesign (v4), drawing parallels to potential current Reddit issues and user migrations.

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Sample Comments

lurkertroll Dec 24, 2018 View on HN

It reminds me of the Digg exodus to reddit.

xxiao Jan 5, 2012 View on HN

was getting tired of digg in the past, esp when its boss sometimes was shown as the headline there for no reason... nice to see reddit is making it.

rockyj Aug 1, 2017 View on HN

Absolutely. Before reddit "digg" was the big site. And suddenly digg died and all users moved to reddit. And digg died because of a "re-design". Can't believe reddit is doing the same mistake.

dirkt Jun 17, 2023 View on HN

Look at what happened to Digg. Digg "won" in the end, but people moved elsewhere (actually, mostly to Reddit).

flatiron Mar 24, 2021 View on HN

Digg died when they rolled out v4 for this exact reason. Reddit was there when people got salty and they left and never went back. Haven’t been to digg in probably 10 years. Just cracked it open and it’s basically buzzfeed now.

kokey Sep 10, 2018 View on HN

I remember when Digg was bigger than Reddit and then after a certain Digg site redesign they lost a significant number of their users to Reddit and never really recovered.

pathik Sep 16, 2010 View on HN

Digg kicked its own arse. Reddit was just around at the right time.

badgers Mar 21, 2024 View on HN

I remember Digg being more popular than Reddit more than a decade ago. What happened that caused Reddit to succeed where Digg failed?

pvg Sep 16, 2010 View on HN

Title should probably be 'How Digg's fuckup benefited Reddit'

beams_of_light Jun 22, 2020 View on HN

Digg dug their own grave with the sweeping changes that drove everyone to reddit.