Kevin Rose Resigns: Digg Co-Founder Closing Round On New Startup

TechCrunch:

Wow, when I wrote last night that Kevin Rose doesn't really use Digg anymore, I had no idea how perfect the timing was. It turns out Rose really has tuned out. Because, say multiple sources, he's already resigned from the company and is closing a $1+ million financing round for a new startup he's founded.

Read the whole story: TechCrunch

Comments

[EatingPie]

11:24 PM on 03/19/2011

Digg put Huffington Post on the map. For the two years running up to Obama's election, Digg moved away from fun technology news to liberal politics, almost all of which was Huffington Post article links.

Kind of sad Huffpo only gives a 1 paragraph write up to the site that earned Ariana millions!

-Pie

[novodia9]

07:25 PM on 03/24/2011

so this is what happened to dig. I got an account during the obama campaign, and it was really cool, but now I can't even log on. that's why i back up all of the stuff i post to my social sites.

[srd161]

08:44 PM on 03/19/2011

I stopped using Digg about a year ago, when they changed there UI.

[French Toast]

12:39 PM on 03/19/2011

You shoulda sold out quicker, buddy.

[flinthfp]

12:39 PM on 03/19/2011

I miss Screensavers and all the team @ TecTV

[one tequila two tequila]

03:40 AM on 03/19/2011

Oh! this is soooooo exciting I may regurgitate.

[JFetch]

01:45 AM on 03/19/2011

He should have sold Digg two years ago. He really missed the boat on that by holding out for a better future that never came.

[AllyCat7]

11:24 AM on 03/19/2011

Seriously. Looks like Groupon learned a lesson from them lol

[elicourey]

11:46 PM on 03/18/2011

i bet digg readers don't even know about this yet. digg is a great site for last weeks news.

[AllyCat7]

11:25 AM on 03/19/2011

lol

[New Yorker in Tampa]

11:22 PM on 03/18/2011

The redesign was an improvement bu th Little bitch Boy super Users hated it and it killer the growth of Digg. I don't blame him for Selling. New company to later sell at many millions! Who knew simplest & oldest Coupon idea would help Groupon be worth $25 billion......

[MIZZOU-DMCRT-PLEXICO]

10:32 PM on 03/18/2011

I guess that starts a new phrase. Instead of Can you Digg it. It's, I can't Digg it..lol
Sorry I couldn't Resist it...

Peace
Mizzou

[falconear]

10:27 PM on 03/18/2011

I abandoned Digg for Reddit and never looked back. Kevin Rose is nothing but a sellout.

[Earwiggs]

09:11 PM on 03/18/2011

Never really got fully into Digg. However, I did enjoy the Kevin and Alex Diggnation podcast. Wonder what will become of it. Can't imagine it will continue with Kevin's departure.

[Tolga Sezer]

08:19 PM on 03/18/2011

The redesign completely killed it & made it unusable.

[ghee99]

07:51 PM on 03/18/2011

too many of the links on digg turn out to just be fakes (i.e. advertisements pretending to be real links/stories)

as such i stopped using it

[chuychrist]

06:32 PM on 03/18/2011

Digg used to be great but when they changed their page to their new format I lost all interest.

[kareemachan]

08:20 PM on 03/18/2011

Ditto. I did enjoy the give-and-take to begin with - some of the people there who I totally disagree with actually discuss things with you - but I disliked the new format and pseudo-articles.

[Bloggerrogr]

06:20 PM on 03/18/2011

American's infatuation with social media has just about run it's course. 

Thank doG!


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