Comment by SpaceMasters on 25/01/2017 at 18:17 UTC

741 upvotes, 10 direct replies (showing 10)

View submission: Out with 2016, in with 2017

How can reddit avoid the same fate as Digg after their desktop site update?

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Comment by spez at 25/01/2017 at 18:58 UTC

784 upvotes, 17 direct replies

By testing carefully and being considerate to our users. The biggest mistake Digg made was they couldn't undo the change, or didn't want to, or just didn't.

Comment by secondlamp at 25/01/2017 at 19:19 UTC

5 upvotes, 1 direct replies

I wasn't around on the internet when digg was a thing, can somebody explain what exactly happened?

Comment by rjcarr at 25/01/2017 at 21:38 UTC

3 upvotes, 1 direct replies

I still mostly used reddit before the big "digg migration", but I also used digg as well. I recall so many diggers (I forget, is that what they called themselves?) ranting about reddit because the site was an "eyesore". But I never saw it. It was always fine for me.

Comment by kcman011 at 25/01/2017 at 20:36 UTC

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reddit will avoid that fate because of smartphones. I would be willing to bet that more than half of reddit users do most of their browsing from their phone. I probably personally only browse from my personal computer like 5% of the time, if that.

Comment by nakedjay at 26/01/2017 at 01:17 UTC

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Well not editing user's comments would be a start.

Comment by [deleted] at 25/01/2017 at 18:33 UTC

4 upvotes, 0 direct replies

I hope this gets a serious answer

Comment by Doowrednu at 26/01/2017 at 04:05 UTC

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Digg died when they tried to monetize the site and slip in paid content. They also messed up the ranking algorithm. I don't think the design had much to do with it.