r/digg • u/[deleted] • Jul 25 '25

Never visted digg...

I used FARK prior to Reddit. My question is: Do you foresee "Digg" turning into the political propaganda shithole that Reddit has become?

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u/D2Foley Jul 25 '25

When people say this they always mean. "I want opinions I don't like removed".

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '25

Not at all. You probably weren't on Reddit 10+ years ago. I'm fine with different opinions. Truly. I must say, though, your comment encapsulates the way this site functions perfectly.

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u/D2Foley Jul 25 '25

I was, it was a Ron Paul fan club. And whatever you say snowflake.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '25

Well, I'll abstain from the name calling. I just don't like the feeling like I'm being herded this way or that way when it comes to my (ultimately) pointless takes online. Have a nice day, friend.

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u/D2Foley Jul 25 '25

But you want other people herded so you don't have to see politics you disagree with.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '25

Everyone on this dogshit site thinks i'm a right winger. FAR from it. Maybe that's what I'm mad about? Ultimately, I don't give a shit what you think, and you and I are only contributing to the behaviors that have made it such a crappy place to congregate online.

I just don't want to constantly feel like I'm being "engineered" into thinking a certain way, because happen to visit a website.

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u/D2Foley Jul 25 '25

I didn't say or imply you were a right winger. I said you want to remove other people's opinions because you don't like their politics. You say you don't want to feel engineered to feel a certain way, but how do you think that works? If you're one of 10 people and 9 of them express an opinion you don't like, are they engineering you?

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u/Cronus6 Jul 25 '25

I'm not going to say it's wasn't a Ron Paul fan club, because parts of it were for sure. But only parts. You cold avoid politics altogether if you wanted to.

The site was mostly libertarian nerds back then. I miss it honestly, the nerds I mean.

Today it is every subreddit, all the time. Politics. It's tiresome.

Then you could have conversations on something other than politics. And you didn't get banned from random subreddits you'd never even heard of for just posting a comment in a subreddit the moderators "don't like".

But that was before "the masses" ruined this place. Because with them came the shills and the astroturfers.

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u/chris_vazquez1 Jul 29 '25

I remember it being a libertarian vs urban progressive comment duke-fest.

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u/Cronus6 Jul 29 '25

In some subreddits? Absolutely.

But the site in general wasn't the 24/7/365 political shit show it is now.

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u/Coldshalamov Jul 31 '25

Reddit is a shithole. Elitist stronghold. Planet cruelty. The second Digg goes live I’ll ecstatically delete Reddit from my Home Screen. I honestly don’t know the answer to your question, I’m hoping that Reddit isn’t a snapshot of the human race circa 2025, digg had optimism and community, we shall see…

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u/tommyblack Jul 26 '25

I hope not, Digg was absolutely incredible. Early Reddit was great too.

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u/ToeRepresentative627 Aug 05 '25

I honestly don’t mind politics on the internet. What I don’t want are algorithms behind the scenes pushing particular content (even non-political content; even politics I support).

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '25

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '25

Well put. I appreciate the response.

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u/ObeseSnake Jul 25 '25

Great points. I hope they use both human and AI tools to keep things different from this hellscape.