Tech & Culture
The Rise, Fall, and Unlikely Comeback of Digg: The Website That Almost Broke the Internet
Before Reddit became the front page of the internet, there was Digg — a scrappy, user-powered news aggregator that dominated the mid-2000s web and then spectacularly imploded. Here's the wild story of how it happened, why it matters, and what Digg is up to today.
Mar 12, 2026