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The Rise, Fall, and Endless Comeback of Digg: The Site That Almost Owned the Internet

Before Reddit became the front page of the internet, there was Digg — a scrappy, community-driven news aggregator that dominated the mid-2000s web. This is the story of how it rose to the top, got dethroned, and kept trying to claw its way back.

Mar 12, 2026