Kevin Rose, a tech entrepreneur who co-founded the popular social news site Digg with which he was co-founder in 2004, is bringing it back.
Rose and Alexis Ohanian—a co-owner of the venture and co-founder of one-time Digg competitor Reddit—acquired the brand, and plan to put “humanity and connection” At the heart of this system is a powerful dose of AI that helps strike a perfect balance between community moderation and content.
Alongside Rose and Ohanian, Justin Mezzell—the former COO of Rose’s Moonbirds company Proof, and the artist behind that prominent collection—will join the new Digg as CEO.
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“At various times over the years I had been approached to repurchase Digg; it never felt right,” Rose A statement. “Just recently we've hit an inflection point where AI can become a helpful co-pilot to users and moderators, not replacing human conversation, but rather augmenting it.”
It will be mobile-oriented and prioritize transparency, while also offering an unspecified amount of functionality. “rewards” For human effort.
“Kevin and I are here to build something better than what social platforms are offering today,” Ohanian, said “AI should handle the grunt work in the background while humans focus on what they do best: building real connections.”
“I'm all in on this chapter,” “He added.”
Reddit’s co-founder, Alexis Ohanian is now working to bring the video-based social platform TikTok to America. Ohanian stated that he wanted to bring video-based social platforms into the U.S. on-chain.
Digg representatives did not respond immediately to queries. Decrypt’s Request for a comment regarding whether Digg has blockchain or cryptocurrency connections given that it mentions rewarding human involvement.
Rose returned to Digg following a sour end to Proof and Moonbirds, his most high-profile ventures. After raising more than $60 million in funding—Include $10 Million from Ohanian’s Seven Seven Six—the team faced immense criticism after the massive Moonbirds launch, with the value of the NFTs falling alongside the rest of the market.
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Digg, owned by Rose and Ohanian and backed by True Ventures and Seven Seven Six respectively, was purchased by Rose and Ohanian at an undisclosed price. Users can sign up to receive early access on the site by entering their email addresses.
Andrew Hayward is the editor