Cutting staff does in no way mandate a un-notified and abrupt "hard-reset".
They could at least put it in read-only mode for a short time and allow downloading of extant community content prior to a scheduled "reset day".
This smacks of flailing leadership and zero respect for their target user demographic.
They say trust is their product, well,I guess they're sold out
In Digg's non-defense, Kevin Rose has been a serial-rug-puller for his entire career. See also Pownce, Milk, and Moonbirds.
The only sustained business I'm aware of is Hodinkee.
Kevin Rose didn't start Hodinkee, he started Watchville years after Hodinkee was already well established. Watchville merged with Hodinkee, at which point he became the CEO for 2 years.
From what I can tell Watchville was abandoned a few years ago.
> Digg's founder who started the company back in 2004
Their plan is to make the internet what is was 22 years ago.
I wonder how much it's possible to recreate some of the old magic.
I'm sure it's impossible, but what if it's not?