techcrunch.com— An one ominous conversation I had with Kevin Rose a couple of months later stuck with me. “One of us will leave the company,” he told me, venting some frustration he had with Jay.
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I understand Kevin and the board's frustration with Jay; but how can you oust the CEO that helped make you profitable in the first place? All because Kevin, who hasn't exactly been working Digg full time, doesn't think v4 of Digg is up to snuff? I've got no doubt that Kevin can lead Digg, but he lives a tech star kind of life and I just don't see him doing the whole "full time 'serious business" role all that well. We'll see though.
Interesting, but not surprising. These sort of high-profile break-ups occur quite often in the hi-tech start-up world. I sincerely hope they can remain friends and not let their diverging professional opinions wedge in between that.
Digg has to become real time to survive, whether we like it our not Digg is never first to a story because of the way its been designed, the power users decide what goes on the front page so until they digg the story the actual users of the site are left with nothing.Digg V4 has to come out sooner rather then later and the worst thing they could do now is delay it, if they do the notion of Digg being stale will just get enforced more and more as people switch to other sites that have up to date news and are much fairer as to who gets their posts on the front page.
vtbarreraApr 5, 2010
I understand Kevin and the board's frustration with Jay; but how can you oust the CEO that helped make you profitable in the first place? All because Kevin, who hasn't exactly been working Digg full time, doesn't think v4 of Digg is up to snuff? I've got no doubt that Kevin can lead Digg, but he lives a tech star kind of life and I just don't see him doing the whole "full time 'serious business" role all that well. We'll see though.
shutaroApr 5, 2010
How has this *not* become a reality show?
hackmylifestyleApr 5, 2010
Interesting, but not surprising. These sort of high-profile break-ups occur quite often in the hi-tech start-up world. I sincerely hope they can remain friends and not let their diverging professional opinions wedge in between that.
carlj133Apr 5, 2010
Digg has to become real time to survive, whether we like it our not Digg is never first to a story because of the way its been designed, the power users decide what goes on the front page so until they digg the story the actual users of the site are left with nothing.Digg V4 has to come out sooner rather then later and the worst thing they could do now is delay it, if they do the notion of Digg being stale will just get enforced more and more as people switch to other sites that have up to date news and are much fairer as to who gets their posts on the front page.
maxmwoodApr 6, 2010
Since when did techcrunch start reporting gossip?
loganhidApr 6, 2010
I think they should be a fight to the death : s