Reddit Has Subreddits… Digg Should Have Mines

I’ve been thinking about what Digg should call its subreddit-style communities and I keep coming back to the same idea. Mines just makes sense. Digg has always been about digging deeper, finding hidden gems, and surfacing the best content on the internet. Digg is the platform. Mines are where you uncover hidden gems. You mine for gems; Digg surfaces the best content. It also works naturally when you say it out loud. “I posted this in the AI Mine.” “This blew up in the Gaming Mine.” “Check the Music Mine, they’re going crazy over this.” It feels clean, simple, and easy to scale across any topic. Mines hit on a few different levels. They’re about exploration because you’re diving into new territory. And they represent discovery because this is where the good stuff gets unearthed and shared. ⸻ How To Extend “Mines” If Digg went with Mines as the name for its subreddit-style communities, the concept could grow into something much bigger: Super Mines would showcase the biggest, most active communities where conversations never stop. Private Mines would create invite-only spaces for smaller groups looking for exclusivity, deeper discussions, or just a quieter corner away from the chaos. Trending Mines could highlight a daily leaderboard of the hottest discussions, making it easy to see what everyone’s talking about right now. Deep Mines would be for the true explorers —hidden, niche spaces where passionate diggers unearth the weird, the rare, and the undiscovered. What do you think? Is Mines the gem we’ve been looking for or should we keep digging?