The original Digg was an important site for me personally between 2005-2009, but only in that early era and mostly as a bridge between my Fark and Reddit eras. I honestly can’t see it competing with Reddit’s established user base or being as no-nonsense and free as Lemmy. I don’t think it will gain traction and the AI aspect will turn a lot of people off from it.
And this is just the incompetence that you’re hearing about! Imagine all the insanity that isn’t getting texted to random numbers. DOGE tech boys probably got a WH discord server going for them