Tech History
The Rise, Fall, and Endless Comeback of Digg: The Site That Almost Broke the Internet
Before Reddit became the undisputed 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 in one of tech history's most dramatic collapses, and why it keeps trying to come back.
Mar 12, 2026