Not much info yet, but I grew up on Digg, so I’m cautiously optimistic. Probably no Fediverse support, but honestly, any Reddit alternative is a win. Really hoping for real API access and third-party apps.

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    21 month ago

    Were you an adult with internet access and were English speaking and on the internet a lot between 2005-2010? If you answer no to any of those that’s why you don’t know it.

    The foundational sites aren’t always known. Im willing to bet most people think the meme formats they shared started on facebook or instagram.

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      21 month ago

      its such shame details disappear into history. i bet there were tons of stuff on there that would be interesting today that doesnt exist anywhere anymore

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        11 month ago

        It was a ton of memes, soundboards (you might have heard the series of prank calls people made with them), and a lot of the same images that would make reddit’s jailbait sub. Im not sure it dying represents a loss.

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          21 month ago

          oh it was like that. i guess the worthwhile content from there already lives on elsewhere then

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            21 month ago

            Yeah it’s like 4chan in that the parts that were worth a damn live elsewhere. Early internet cultures are interesting but they weren’t healthy and quite a lot would prove the commonality of attraction of heterosexual men towards teenagers.