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20 November 2008

The Future of Social News

By Kevin Rose

In this video of Kevin’s presentation at the Future of Web App Expo London 2008, Kevin talks about the future of social news and digg. There are lots of interesting nuggets of information in this presentation.

The Future of Web Apps returns to Miami, February 23-24 2009, with speakers including Michael Arrington, Daniel Burka, Jason Fried, Joel Spolsky, and Gary Vaynerchuk.

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Kevin Rose

Kevin Rose is the founder and chief architect of digg. He oversees all aspects of the management and development of the Web site. Kevin started digg in September 2004 as a personal project. His initial idea was to conduct a social experiment in how masses of users could control and promote news and other content on the Web, without external editorial control. After a very short time, he realized the power of his idea, as digg was becoming a resource for breaking news stories and developed a strong user following. Kevin is also a co-founder of the Internet Television Network Revision3 where as a member of the board he provides strategic direction to the company.

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  rondostar

  # February 19, 2009 - 12:16 am

  Really great info. I feel like this new philosophy is gonna be great. I have been questioning digg's relevance in the social marketing realm lately, and this is a really good response to my doubts. Sorry, I had doubts.

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  Jeff

  # February 20, 2009 - 6:07 am

  Facebook & Twitter are hot now, any ideas what will come next?

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  GridIron

  # February 20, 2009 - 4:24 pm

  It seemed like Mixx was catching on for awhile, but perhaps Yahoo Buzz?

  Kevin makes it sound like DIgg is making steps in interesting, if positive directions.

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  youallnome

  # February 26, 2009 - 12:49 pm

  Excellent video!
  Also great to see the big boys over at digg admitting to getting some things wrong. It was a great presentation with some excellent advice.

  There is no doubt to the power of being more social, especially from a business (marketing) point of view.

  Thanks for the advice, and the great in-sight.
  Wishing you the very best.

  Sincerely,
  John Adams

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  # March 16, 2009 - 11:04 pm

  I think Digg is definitely here to stay. Some great info. here. I am really going to look forward in the next decade to see where these Social Communities will take us !!

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  CathyA

  # April 3, 2009 - 8:42 am

  Digg still has a great future in the social media. Interesting to see what the future will bring for them and other sites!

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  Acai

  # May 19, 2009 - 6:09 pm

  There is no doubt to the power of being more social, especially from a business (marketing) point of view.

  Thanks for the advice, and the great in-sight.

  Reply