supersquirrel

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Digg launches its new Reddit rival to the public in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Conceptually what does this offer that the fediverse/threadiverse/lemmy/piefed doesn't?

What then does it say about the actual value of this company and others like it?

If you want a hypercurated/focused reddit experience just join metafilter.

https://www.metafilter.com/

Somehow I don't get the feeling the owners of Digg are going to be happy with the level of income Metafilter brings in to its owners however....

“We kind of opted for … let’s just keep building this plane as we fly it,” explained Digg CEO Justin Mezzell. “That means that it’s going to be very lightweight, and we’re just going to be aggressively shipping every week and just giving them new features as we go,” he added.

camera slowly pans and zooms out to the Fediverse where mint condition airplanes can be seen everywhere with the word FREE on them

‘A million calls an hour’: Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 year ago (5 children)

So? There is a difference between someone using your tools for evil and actively engaging in profit seeking with said evil doer in order to make money hand over fist.