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Re:r/ProgrammerHumor will be shutting down to protest Reddit... by thx-2718 on Thursday June 08, 2023 @07:17PM (#36250678)
Yet Digg.com for whatever reason still exists.

I wonder how these old websites that seemingly no one uses still churn out money?

Re:r/ProgrammerHumor will be shutting down to protest Reddit... by sebzim4500 on Thursday June 08, 2023 @07:40PM (#36250938)
The google trends graph is the worst I've ever seen

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=digg&hl=...

EDIT: Note that it's a common slang word in Norwegian, hence why it still appears as a search term there

Re:r/ProgrammerHumor will be shutting down to protest Reddit... by thx-2718 on Thursday June 08, 2023 @07:46PM (#36250993)
Did you try going there? Inexplicably it's worse than I could have imagined.

I found one thread with 9 comments. In the popular section. And it devolved into someone calling another an 'asshole'.

Re:r/ProgrammerHumor will be shutting down to protest Reddit... by Firmwarrior on Thursday June 08, 2023 @08:09PM (#36251207)
OK, well, maybe those were some really bland houses
Re:r/ProgrammerHumor will be shutting down to protest Reddit... by Taylor_OD on Thursday June 08, 2023 @09:19PM (#36251903)
Sell to someone who specializes in making money off of core audiences, cut costs, focus on revenue generators like micro transactions.