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Wilmington, North Carolina once had a thriving Black middle class and an elected interracial government. In 1898 white supremacists used violence to overthrow that government, kill Black residents and drive many others from the city.
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This is a personal recollection on the Move fire on May 13, 1985
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| Developer | Digg |
| Release | June 26, 2013 |
| Platform | Web-based, Web browsers, iOS, Android |
| Type | News aggregator |
| Website | digg |
Digg Reader was a news aggregator operated by Digg. The reader was released on June 26, 2013 as a response to Google Reader shutting down. The reader was web-based and also had iOS and Android applications as well as a Google Chrome extension. The beta for the reader has received mostly positive reviews. On March 26, 2018, Digg shut down Digg Reader.
Digg Reader was created in response to Google Reader shutting down.[1] Andrew McLaughlin, CEO of Digg, saw a blog post in Fall of 2012 speculating that Google Reader was shutting down.[2] He sent a note to one of his friends at Google jokingly offering to buy the reader.[2] McLaughlin was sent a serious reply that said there was nothing to buy.[2] In February 2013, McLaughlin's friend from Google said, referring to Google Reader,"I’m not telling you anything, but we’re not going to keep this thing around forever and maybe you want to have something ready by the end of the year.”[2] When Google announced Google Reader was shutting down on July 1, 2013, Digg announced development of Digg Reader that same night.[2]
Digg officially announced development of the reader on March 13, 2013, instead of their original plan of late 2013, moving the project to the top of their priority list.[1] They promised to simulate the best features of Google Reader while also updating it to fit 2013.[1] Digg Reader initially launched on June 21, 2013 as an invite only service and launched publicly on June 26, 2013.[3] On July 2, 2013, Digg Reader announced they are crawling 7.7 million feeds.[4]
On March 14, 2018, Digg announced that it would be shutting down Digg Reader on March 26, 2018.[5]
On June 27, 2013, Digg Reader was integrated into the Digg iOS app in the form of an update. Digg decided not to make the reader a separate app because the company sees Digg.com and Digg Reader as complementary products.[6] Cnet gave the app a 3/5 stating "Digg is a beautiful app that blends social news with RSS subscriptions, but bugs and missing features make it suitable only for the most committed Digg users."[7] The app's current version has a rating of 4.5 out of 5 on iTunes.[8]
The app received an App Store Best of 2013 award from Apple[8] as well as a Best of 2013 award from TechCrunch.[9]
On August 29, 2013, Digg released an Android app for Digg Reader. Digg says an Android app was the most common request from users.[10] The app has a rating of 3.9 out of 5 on Google Play.[11]
On October 9, 2013, Digg released a Google Chrome extension for Digg Reader.[12] The extension has a rating of 4 out of 5 on the Chrome Web Store.[13]
Early reviews for the beta have been mostly positive. Mashable liked it saying they were "extremely impressed", but criticized its lack of features such as search and tagging.[14] PC Magazine gave it a 4/5 praising its clean design, speed, and free price tag, but criticized its lack of OPML support, the inability to log in with an email address, and required connection to Google.[15] Autostraddle gave it a thumbs up citing its neat and streamlined look, free price tag, and speed, but was disappointed it didn't have a share feature for Facebook or Twitter.[16]
TechCrunch was impressed that Digg was able to produce a functional Google Reader alternative, but said in its current form Digg Reader was not a replacement for Google Reader.[17] Blinklist.com said it is a good way to get the news you want, but lacked a certain appeal when compared to other free apps.[18] MacLife was very critical giving it a 2/5 stating it "just barely accomplishes what its creators set out to do" and "There’s little doubt Digg Reader will improve with time, but out of the gate, it disappoints. Despite the clean user interface, there are too many basic features lacking, especially for the kind of RSS solution that power users depended upon Google Reader to provide."[19]
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Digg Reader was a news aggregator operated by Digg. The reader was released on June 26, 2013 as a response to Google Reader shutting down. The reader was web-based and also had iOS and Android applications as well as a Google Chrome extension. The beta for the reader has received mostly positive reviews. On March 26, 2018, Digg shut down Digg Reader.
Google Reader was an RSS/Atom feed aggregator service operated by Google. It was created in early 2005 by Google engineer Chris Wetherell and launched on 7 October 2005, through Google Labs. Google Reader grew in popularity to support a number of programs which used it as a platform for serving news and information to users. Google closed Google Reader on 1 July 2013, citing declining use.
Digg (stylized as digg) is an American social bookmarking news aggregator, with a feed that displays the internet's most popular content (Most Dugg), Newest, Trending, and content that’s "Heating up." It was re-launched in its second-to-current form in June 2025, and its current form in May 2026. Originally launched in 2004 by Kevin Rose, Owen Byrne, Ron Gorodetzky, and Jay Adelson, Digg began as a web platform that allowed people to submit links (especially user generated content) and then let others vote on it, up or down, called digging and burying, respectively. The website became a sensation, amassing millions of users and quickly gained the reputation of being one of Silicon Valley's hottest startups, driving significant traffic to content creators and publishers. After a poorly received redesign in 2010, its audience plummeted and much of its user base migrated to its competitor Reddit. Rose sold the company to Betaworks in 2012 and for more than a decade, the site existed as an editorially driven webpage of curated content. In 2025, Rose re-purchased Digg with Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian and re-launched it as a rebooted version of Digg's news aggregator with digging and burying features restored and the tagline: "The front page of the internet, now with superpowers." The open beta launched to the public on January 14, 2026 but was shut down two months later, on March 14, 2026, with Digg CEO Justin Mezzell citing the "brutal reality of finding product-market fit in an environment that has fundamentally changed" and an "unprecedented bot problem." Mezzell said Rose would return to join the team full-time in April and make the successful relaunch of the site his primary focus.
The Old Reader is a web-based news aggregator that delivers website, blog, and other Internet content to a web-based inbox. The service sprang up when Google removed social features from Google Reader; the site supports social media sharing, including the ability to "like" content, and find friends via social media networks.
Before the 1921 destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Black residents had created a remarkable center of business and community life. The district included stores, professional offices, entertainment venues and homes owned by Black citizens. Understanding Greenwood means learning what was built—not only what was burned.
MORE →Shirley Chisholm, elected in 1968.
