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[–] Stern@lemmy.world 77 points 10 months ago (3 children)

They're hard to destroy until something (people view as) better shows up. My buddy Tom from MySpace got out while the getting was good.

[–] sizzler@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Digg on the other hand did not see it coming.

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] stoly@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

You're back there now! Lemmy now is pretty much like Reddit pre-2008.

[–] Stern@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

They were falling off as of V3, V4 deffo killed them off though.

Nowadays they're (kinda) back as a daily dose website.

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

Dude cashed out right at the peak, then took his money and travels the world with it. Tom never has to work another day in his life.

[–] SaltyIceteaMaker@iusearchlinux.fyi 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Well time to make a good open source alternative.

[–] dakku@sh.itjust.works 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 10 months ago

In the proper space, that's a real enterprise