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Hypocrisy quote of the year

13 September 2006 2 Comments

“Ya see users like Digg, Del.icio.us, Reddit and Flickr because they are contributing to true, free, democratic social platforms devoid of monetary motivations.”
Kevin Rose, co-founder, Digg

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  • Ted R. said:

    Did he really say that? I’ve always appreciated that greed hasn’t been the primary motivator for most of these platforms, but they’d all be open source projects if they were devoid of monetary motivation.

  • Thomas Madsen-Mygdal (author) said:

    I’m pretty sure he did.

    Yeah, it’s the ongoing struggle between community and and tools making community possible – and between community and commerce.

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