Digg

4 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Mar 11, 2025 by Alexis Ohanian · said 16 times in 3 episodes since 2024 · across every show →

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Mar 11, 2025 positive
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Ohanian: Digg relaunch will initially capture older geeks seeking internet nostalgia
“I think the first beachhead for dig relaunched ends up being the, look, I'm 41, almost 42. It's like the old head nostalgia for a vibe Z internet... So I assume it's going to be a lot of the like older geeks who were, you know, big dig fans who love, you know,…”
Alexis Ohanian Mar 11, 2025 ▶ 9:18 Alexis Ohanian reflects on Reddit, the changing internet, and the future of Digg.
Mar 11, 2025
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Ohanian: Reddit founders did not know about Digg when launching
“In our defense, and I have the email to prove it, we did not know about it when we started Reddit. It was about a month into the company we'd already launched that we'd finally learned about Dig.”
Alexis Ohanian Mar 11, 2025 ▶ 3:54 Alexis Ohanian reflects on Reddit, the changing internet, and the future of Digg.
Mar 11, 2025 positive
Disclosure
Ohanian: Digg V1 will prioritize nostalgia over feature completeness
“The goal for V one is just get a thing back online that makes people feel nostalgic for dig. Where, where it left off, maybe not version four, but just before that. And then modernizing some of the obvious stuff. But look, this will not be, you know, the first…”
Alexis Ohanian Mar 11, 2025 ▶ 4:28 Alexis Ohanian reflects on Reddit, the changing internet, and the future of Digg.
Mar 11, 2025
Disclosure
Ohanian: Debated buying bankrupt Digg to redirect it to Reddit
“At when it was first on sale, I had debated buying it when the company went bankrupt and I told Kevin this later, I was like, I debated actually buying it and then just redirecting it to Reddit.”
Alexis Ohanian Mar 11, 2025 ▶ 1:59 Alexis Ohanian reflects on Reddit, the changing internet, and the future of Digg.
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