Tech & Internet Culture
Digg, Reddit, and the Greatest Self-Inflicted Wound in Internet History
Once the undisputed king of social news, Digg managed to fumble its throne so spectacularly that it became a cautionary tale taught in business schools. Here's the full, gloriously messy story of how one website rose to the top of the internet, handed everything to a competitor on a silver platter, and then spent the next decade trying to remember what it was good at.
Mar 12, 2026