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Who The Heck Is Kevin Rose

steverenner.com — Kevin Rose is the kid who started Digg. Rose came up with his idea idea of a user controlled community-based news website. In the fall of 2004, he withdrew $1000 out of his savings and paid a freelance web developer $12 an hour to mock up a Web page and purchased some server space for $99 a month. He paid $1200 for the domain name digg.com

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