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PhrosTT on March 15, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Kevin Rose Will Join Google

My main problem with Digg is it blew up largely because Rose got to shamelessly plug it on ScreenSavers.

A LOT of ideas can succeed when you get to skip the whole network effect hurdle.

I think he has some insightful thoughts once in a while (like predictions he makes on Diggnation), and he did a great job parlaying Digg into Rev3.

I'm also pretty jealous he'll get a paycheck to say "Hey this feature would be cool" or use his celebrity to push Google+.

temphn on March 15, 2012 [–]

But he got to plug it on ScreenSavers because he worked his way up from being the IT guy on the show to cameo appearances onscreen to actually having his own show. Major props on the hustle there.

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