I was also an old-school Digg user, and you're right, it never compared to what ...

coderdude on Feb 9, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: HN now serving a million page views on weekdays

I was also an old-school Digg user, and you're right, it never compared to what HN is. However, the way Digg declined (and how all communities eventually decline) as a result of an influx of new users with disparate interests is the same.