Digg is back in business as a new Reddit-style alternative community platform

The once popular crowdsourced content platform Digg is making a big public comeback as an open beta, relaunching as a community platform with a clear Reddit-style approach. The new version is led by Digg founder Kevin Rose and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, signaling a strong commitment to building a major alternative to Reddit. Users can access both a redesigned website and mobile app, supporting feeds that aggregate posts from various communities.

Digg now allow users join communities, post links and comments, and upvote content, now called “diggs.” At launch, the platform features 21 general interest communities covering topics such as science, technology, gaming, entertainment, and humor. Anyone may sign up and create their own community, though current limitations restrict each community to a single manager.

Digg is also emphasizing anti bot measures to reduce manipulation, including potential proof of ownership for hardware focused communities. CEO Justin Mezzell says the team plans to ship new features weekly. The relaunch includes an AI generated daily recap podcast called Digg Daily, and the company says it may add human hosts based on user feedback.