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Digg Shuts Down After Bot Flooding, Kevin Rose Returns Full-Time
Image: Primary Digg, the social news aggregation site that was once one of the most visited websites on the internet, shut down after being overwhelmed
The site had been operating with minimal staff and was unable to combat automated submissions that flooded its front page with spam and AI-generated content.
Digg's closure echoes concerns about the sustainability of open social platforms in an era of increasingly sophisticated bots and AI-generated content.
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