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[-] koze@feddit.de 7 points 2 years ago

It's funny to read this article about the death of Digg again:

In reality, Digg changed their business model and pretended that they didn’t. That is something that is unacceptable with communities and won’t be forgotten. Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian hit the nail on the head in an open letter to (now former) Digg CEO – Kevin Rose:

“You chose to grow with venture capital and you’ve no doubt (I hope) taken some money off the table in your Series C round. I say this because this new version of digg reeks of VC meddling. It’s cobbling together features from more popular sites and departing from the core of digg, which was to “give the power back to the people.”

https://searchengineland.com/digg-v4-how-to-successfully-kill-a-community-50450>

[-] Luxsidus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Sadly, this is the only logical conclusion of things that are run for profit. Here's hoping the federated model proves more resistant in the long run.

[-] amki@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

In the medium run federated instances will have to be financed somehow as well. We'll see how that goes.

[-] tubtiana@tech.lgbt 0 points 2 years ago

@amki @Luxsidus

volunteer donations are more than enough to pay for a fedi instance

[-] amki@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago

Depends on how many volunteers you have who are actually willing to donate

[-] Protegee9850@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Doctorow has it right. Enshittification.

[-] SuitedUpDev@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago

Oh sweet, sweet irony.

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