Actually it took a while, and was very systematic and due to the many mistakes they made thinking they were too big to fail. Once they were in their death throes they did a lot of reactionary stuff like the Digg V4 thing which ended up being the straw that broke the camels back. They wanted to monetize the site and ended up gutting it and forcing everyone to jump ship.
Making you sign into facebook to get to digg was the last straw for me. I was there during the digg wars, up close and personal. The politics was pervasive.
Actually it took a while, and was very systematic and due to the many mistakes they made thinking they were too big to fail. Once they were in their death throes they did a lot of reactionary stuff like the Digg V4 thing which ended up being the straw that broke the camels back. They wanted to monetize the site and ended up gutting it and forcing everyone to jump ship.
I think I became aware of the situation around Digg V4, so that's probably why I thought that it's death was fast.
Making you sign into facebook to get to digg was the last straw for me. I was there during the digg wars, up close and personal. The politics was pervasive.