This already did the rounds, but it was fun to give it a go myself. I got a 0.0040 on it.
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🏗️ Digg’s open beta shuts down after just two months, blaming AI bot spam
Despite that, Mezzell paints the shutdown as temporary, saying, “We’re not giving up. Digg isn’t going away,” with “A small but determined team is stepping up to rebuild with a completely reimagined angle of attack.”
I think sites like this should have a modest paywall. $10 a year or something like that with free access for students and other ways to reach out for access for people who can’t afford it. Would keep the bots out and probably just make it a better environment.
💼 Personal Business
My motivation throughout the ups and downs was not that Are.na would one day make me rich, it was that we had to keep Are.na alive because it, the service itself, was part of how I understood (and still understand) myself.
One of the best things I’ve read in awhile. Loved the Kinopio shout-out too. While not software, the sites I’ve been spinning up like this, Foofaraw, the upcoming Quotidian Bagatelle, and maybe one other come from a similar place of wanting to bootstrap the things I want to see in the world.
