Hypocrisy quote of the year
“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
“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
December 22nd, 2006 at 3:29 am
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.
December 30th, 2006 at 12:32 am
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.