It seems the old internet is making a comeback. With platforms like Vine being rebooted, Digg also appears to be making a return to the web, but not quite in the way you might expect.
Rather than simply reviving the old upvote-driven news site that was eventually overtaken by Reddit, Digg now seems to be positioning itself as a more curated news aggregator.
But it hasn’t exactly been smooth sailing. Before this relaunch of a relaunch, Digg had a beta in January 2026 that allowed users to sign up, post, upvote, and join communities. techAU had a great overview here:
Fast-forward to March 2026, and that version of the site was shut down after problems with spam and bots, with layoffs also reported around the same time.
Digg’s homepage now opens with a landing page showing “Hello Again,” followed by Kevin Rose saying there is “a new digg taking shape” and that the internet has “more noise than ever.”
Interestingly, the re-relaunch, now found at a new address of di.gg, is now showing an aggregated feed of AI news, and appears to have AI baked into its new identity from the start.
And that’s where I find it interesting. Digg used to be about people pushing stories to the top. Now it seems to be about finding signal in the mess, using a mixture of curation, selected sources, and AI-assisted discovery.
That might be useful, but it also raises the obvious question: is this still Digg, or is it just an old internet name attached to a very 2026 product?
What do you think?