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Digg had critical mass. It went down in flames.
It doesn't take bajillions of users to generate enough content to form a reasonable alternative.
Niche subreddits will be hard to recreate though unfortunately, but plenty of time to grow. And long-term, federated seems like a good model so that once these communities are rebuilt they aren't at the mercy a company who's main concern is short-term profits.
Digg had critical mass relative to other sites of that era, but that was a very different Internet. Digg was never even close to as huge or ubiquitous as reddit is now. I really think the two situations, while similar, really are not comparable.
Federation makes so much sense for reddit style communities. I hope it's able to catch on
Federation makes so much sense for reddit style communities. I hope it's able to catch on
Maybe showing others in real life might help them make the switch?