Tech History
The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of Digg: The Site That Almost Broke the Internet
Before Reddit became the undisputed front page of the internet, there was Digg — a scrappy, user-powered news aggregator that dominated the mid-2000s web and sparked one of tech's most dramatic rivalries. This is the story of how Digg rose to glory, imploded spectacularly, and kept trying to come back.
Mar 12, 2026