owiseedoubleyou@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-211 months agoHow many of you were using Digg during its prime?message-squaremessage-square163fedilinkarrow-up1488arrow-down114
arrow-up1474arrow-down1message-squareHow many of you were using Digg during its prime?owiseedoubleyou@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-211 months agomessage-square163fedilink
minus-squareMereo@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up38·11 months 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-up9·11 months agoI still have my slashdot account but don’t use it much other than niche interest stuff. But otherwise same path for me.
minus-squareElw@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up7·11 months agoAnd before that, sites got slash dotted
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