Tech History
The Rise, Fall, and Stubborn Resurrection of Digg: The Site That Almost Broke the Internet
Before Reddit became the undisputed front page of the internet, there was Digg — a scrappy, user-powered news aggregator that dominated the mid-2000s web. This is the story of how it rose to cultural dominance, lost a war it should have won, and refused to stay dead.
Mar 12, 2026