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Digg’s open beta shuts down after just two months, blaming AI bot spam

https://www.theverge.com/tech/894803/digg-beta-shutdown-layoffs-ai

For anyone running a content driven site like a forum or blog, a new site or user generated content is now a bad idea. The users are long gone because these AI chatbots steal everything and keep users on their apps. So, I am not surprised they shut down. Even big newspapers are reducing staff, and everyone thinks LLMs will write news for them and I have the Taj Mahal to sell you ;)