How to sign up for Digg, the original Reddit

Do you remember Digg?

The social media and book marking platform was one of the most popular sites around 2006, before booming platforms such as Reddit, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram helped initiate its obsolescence. But Kevin Rose and Alexis Ohanian bring back Digg – with a relaunch aimed at solving all our problems with modern social media.

“The social space online is definitely harder, it feels like than it has ever been before,” said Justin Mezzell, who will act as the new company’s CEO, said, According to Associated Press. “It feels really difficult to connect. I think the platforms have become more disconnected. You know, if there was ever a real town hall on the internet, it feels like it has been deconstructed in a pretty big way.”

So the company offers an alternative: a return to the past with focus on – you guessed it – AI.

“By combining Ohanians and Rose’s historical knowledge and deep understanding of what has and has not worked from their experiences at Reddit and Digg with today’s technological advances – especially in AI – Digg plans to become an online destination with humanity and connection in the core,” Said the company in a press release.

Digg originally launched in 2004 and was sold to parts in 2012. Its podcast, diggnation, ran from 2005 to 2011 and was brought back in August 2024.

“Online communities thrive when there is a balance between technology and human judgment. We bring Digg back to make sure there is balance,” Ohanian said in the press release. “Kevin and I are here to build something better than what social platforms offer today. AI has to deal with the grinning work in the background, while people focus on what they do best: building real connections. No one dreams of spending their day hunting for spam or playing content police – they will create, connect and build flourishing society. I am all on this chapter.”

The company announced that it would reintroduce the platform during SXSW on March 5 during a livestream of its podcast, diggnation, and people seem pretty happy. In the comment section of the nearly 1.5 hours Livestream of diggnation podcastThe comments are overwhelmingly positive -though this is just a piece of the type of people who would not only see a livestream of a diggnation -podcast message, but also comment on it, take it with a grain of salt.

“The world has its problems right now, but having hiking back is one of the best surprises for 2025. Love you!” A user commented.

“This was so fuxing awesome. Can’t believe they’re actually back,” said another user.

Digg was the place that originally popularized up votes and wonters that are so typical of online posts today. But despite Digg’s pioneering introduction of this feature to Internet culture, it was very up votes and waives that led to its downfall in the first place. Seam Zdnet Reported, the site took down the votes after there was a censorship campaign against left -wing users of users who called themselves “Digg Patriots.” People stopped using Digg, everyone went into Reddit, and here we are.

It live yet not yet but you can sign up to get early access when invitations go live on Diggs Website.