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From Digg to Reddit and Back Again: The Wild History of the Internet's Front Page Wars

Before Reddit became the undisputed front page of the internet, there was Digg — a scrappy, user-powered news aggregator that dominated the mid-2000s web and then spectacularly imploded. This is the story of how Digg rose, fell, and kept trying to claw its way back.

Mar 12, 2026