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The Rise, Fall, and 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 sparked one of tech history's most dramatic rivalries. Here's the full story of how Digg rose to glory, crashed spectacularly, and keeps trying to find its way back.

Mar 12, 2026