Tech Culture
The Rise, Fall, and Stubborn Resurrection of Digg: The Site That Almost Broke the Internet
Before Reddit became the front page of the internet, there was Digg — a scrappy, user-powered news aggregator that dominated the mid-2000s web and then spectacularly imploded. This is the story of how Digg rose to cultural dominance, lost a war it didn't know it was fighting, and keeps trying to come back from the dead.
Mar 12, 2026