owiseedoubleyou@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-21 year agoHow many of you were using Digg during its prime?message-squaremessage-square185fedilinkarrow-up1485arrow-down114
arrow-up1471arrow-down1message-squareHow many of you were using Digg during its prime?owiseedoubleyou@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-21 year agomessage-square185fedilink
minus-squareMereo@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up37·1 year agoSlashdot -> Digg -> Reddit -> Lemmy. Back then, web servers didn’t have a lot of resources. So if a Digg post was popular, it could slow the site to a crawl. Then we all knew the site was being “Digged”.
minus-squareCrackhappy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoI still have my slashdot account but don’t use it much other than niche interest stuff. But otherwise same path for me.
Slashdot -> Digg -> Reddit -> Lemmy. Back then, web servers didn’t have a lot of resources. So if a Digg post was popular, it could slow the site to a crawl. Then we all knew the site was being “Digged”.
I still have my slashdot account but don’t use it much other than niche interest stuff. But otherwise same path for me.
And before that, sites got slash dotted