• @xenomor
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    712 months ago

    At the height of digg, I thought Rose was kind of cool. One of those Silicon Valley success stories that used to inspire tech enthusiasts like me. I watched diggnation and bought in to the culture being presented. But I’ll never forget that when digg 4 released, and bombed, Kevin threw his own employees and developers under the bus instead of taking responsibility for strategic mistakes. It was really eye opening to me about him and many of the other frauds that Silicon Valley hoists up as role models. Since then, he’s done nothing to dissuade me that he’s just another talentless tech-bro asshole that got way more attention and money than he deserved.

    • @Crackhappy
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      382 months ago

      Same thing with Spez, tbh.

      • @[email protected]
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        62 months ago

        Why would we assume you’re not being honest? Pretty sure we’re mostly all here due to hating Spez.

        • @Crackhappy
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          222 months ago

          I think you overthought my response, tbh

    • @CallMeButtLove
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      52 months ago

      I watched Diggnation a lot too because it felt like TechTV was living on in some little way. I remember thinking Alex Albrecht was pretty cool at the time. I haven’t thought about that in well over a decade. I’d rather not look him up now because I don’t want to know if he’s actually a piece of shit like Tommy Talerico haha.

    • stankmut
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      172 months ago

      They are running a 2004 week, looking back at tech from that era.

  • JohnWorksOP
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    262 months ago

    I will say I kinda rolled my eyes at the end where he said he’d remake digg with ai but the idea of having comments be auto moderated to be detected as contributing to a conversation of the article vs attacking someone seemed interesting.

    • @[email protected]
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      72 months ago

      the idea of having comments be auto moderated to be detected as contributing to a conversation of the article vs attacking someone seemed interesting.

      Echo chamber enforcement.

  • @anon_8675309
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    162 months ago

    Isn’t he just a shill for questionable shit now?

    • @NOT_RICK
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      242 months ago

      Yup. He’s VC now. Seems like just another Silicon Valley tech bro, not sure why anyone should care about him anymore.

      • @AbidanYre
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        402 months ago

        From Wikipedia:

        Rose co-founded the Proof Collective, a group of NFT collectors

        Yeah, tech bro douche confirmed.

      • ivanafterall ☑️
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        All downhill after The Screen Savers. Except financially, presumably.

        • @NOT_RICK
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          182 months ago

          Leo’s still doing his thing though. I support the TWiT network because I value independent journalism. They’re mostly commentary but still.

            • @NOT_RICK
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              32 months ago

              lol couldn’t tell you from my car, pretty much just my commute fodder

  • Ghostalmedia
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    122 months ago

    Anyone else remember that time Rose threw a raccoon?

    • @[email protected]
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      122 months ago

      I remember; he caught the racoon attacking his dog. The GIF is still all over the internet and makes me lol every time.

      The video with his dog and explanation is on his YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/hHN-f6xTzsY

      GIF of the money-shot: Kevin tosses a racoon

      • @CallMeButtLove
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        32 months ago

        I love animals and am against animal cruelty but I’d yeet the hell out of a raccoon if it was attacking my dog. I miss you Maddie girl.

      • SkaveRat
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        22 months ago

        That’s a while raccoon army he’s throwing

  • Todd Bonzalez
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    112 months ago

    A lot of people seem disappointed that Rose is a privileged untalented asshole now.

    If it’s any consolation, he’s always been that way. Here’s episode 1 of his first show “The Broken”, where his genius hack is to steal someone’s pickup order from a restaurant: https://youtu.be/tNjoo9TuCHY

  • Rob T Firefly
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    52 months ago

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  • @RagingInside
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    52 months ago

    It’s pretty neat how they have a custom design for that interview.