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WSJ Tech News Briefing

Kevin Rose and Alexis Ohanian on Rebooting Social Media in the Age of AI

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

News, Tech News

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Sometimes the past offers a glimpse of the future. At least that’s what a pair of business partners are hoping when it comes to launching their next-generation Internet forum, a reboot of early internet aggregator Digg. Kevin Rose, co-founder of Digg, and Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of Reddit, discuss their plans on stage with WSJ deputy tech and media editor Wilson Rothman at the WSJ’s Future of Everything event. Victoria Craig hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Americans love using their credit cards, the most secure and hassle-free way to pay.

0:04.0

But DC politicians want to change that with the Durban Marshall Credit Card Bill.

0:08.0

This bill lets corporate megastores pick how your credit card is processed,

0:13.0

allowing them to use untested payment networks that jeopardize your data security and rewards.

0:18.0

Corporate megastores will make more money and you pay the price.

0:22.1

Tell Congress to guard your card because Americans lose when politicians choose. Learn more at

0:28.1

guard your card.com.

0:33.9

Welcome to Tech News Briefing. It's Monday, June 23rd. I'm Victoria Craig for the Wall Street Journal.

0:39.7

Can you really teach an old dog new tricks? Two internet entrepreneurs are certainly going to try,

0:45.0

as they seek to breathe new life into an old staple of a bygone digital age. But how can they

0:50.6

navigate a new online world dominated by artificial intelligence and bot armies

0:55.4

to give users an authentic, worthwhile experience?

1:02.8

In the tech industry, companies are constantly innovating and striving for the next best thing.

1:08.1

But sometimes, there's value in looking backwards.

1:11.3

Internet pioneer Kevin Rose, co-founder of the now-defunct Internet aggregator Dig,

1:16.2

joined Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of Reddit, on stage at the WSJ's Future of Everything event in New York.

1:22.9

Our deputy tech and media editor Wilson Rothman sat down with the pair to talk about their new company,

1:28.4

a reboot of Dig and why they've decided to go back to the future.

1:32.9

So you guys are creating a new product, essentially, a new platform, but it's called Dig.

1:39.2

You've bought the rights back and you're starting it up and you are taking a lot of the lessons you learned in

1:45.8

creating these two communities and watching all these other communities bloom you want to make sure

1:51.2

for starters that you don't get bot armies just walking through the front door because that's one of

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