Internet

• Digg's Two-Month Collapse: When Your Product Mechanic Is Your Attack Surface March 16, 2026

  Digg relaunched in January 2026 promising human-curated social discovery. By March 13 it was laying off staff and pulling its app. The reason tells you something important about building platforms in 2026.

• The Dead Internet Is Not a Theory Anymore March 11, 2026

  Hacker News banned AI-generated comments this week -- a categorical decision, not a disclosure mandate. The same week, the dead internet theory trended at #2 on the same platform. This is a signal about what technical communities are choosing to protect and whether they can hold that line.