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Digg Loves Jesus

Dinosaur JesusWhat would Jesus Digg? Not much, according to the LA Times.

A 2-year-old survey of Digg users showed a significant concentration of atheists and agnostics. Because Digg’s content is submitted and voted on by the users, the stories promoted to the website’s homepage reflect the audience.

Although [Digg user Andrew] Barker reads Digg regularly, he doesn’t submit links very often. But he had a big hit with a picture he posted of a child’s coloring book showing Jesus riding a dinosaur. “I found it, and thought, ‘God, that’s such a hilarious image,'” Barker said. “Digg takes everything religious so lightheartedly.”

Now all we need is some religious nutjob to declare Kevin Rose the Antichrist. Click here to continue reading “Digg Loves Jesus”…

Digg Founder Kevin Rose on Inc. Cover

Digg Founder Kevin Rose on the Cover of Inc. Magazine

“Part Steve Jobs, part Howard Stern — this guy could be the next Rupert Murdoch.”

Riding high on $28.7 million in fresh capital, Digg founder Kevin Rose makes the cover of Inc. magazine. Consistent with the thoughtful tone of his FoWA speech earlier this month, Kevin definitely looks more mature here than he did on the cover of BusinessWeek two years ago. Photo by April Buchert.