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more about #valleywag more comments → MissNormaDesmond: Shit. I'm mad at myself for not getting a screen shot of this, but after I'd gone in on Saturday and set everything to "Friends" again and deselected... more » cassandra: Facebook will never listen without proof. Gawker should pioneer a "Deactivate your Facebook Account Day." Deactivation is temporary and changes none ... more » If_I_Had_a_Poodle: There's lies and there's telling the truth. They lied to users, deliberately, hugely, and with malice and forethought. The market won't like that. ... more » Freddie DeBoer: I just wanted to say that I agree with all of this, but that Twitter's $1 billion valuation is pure bullshit. more » Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Zuckerburglar is smart. ... and sponge-worthy! But numbers please. How much does facebook generate? What are their earnings before interest, lapse... more » allyzay: Users are being forced to update their privacy settings, with most default choices set to "Everyone" in the world or "friends of friends." Why are yo... more » Cannot Find Server: I know it's your beat, Ryan, but so what? With all the fuss you've made of this, I expected to check my privacy settings to find the whole lid ripped... more » Magister: People still Facebook? That's so '08... more » Swifter: Just deactivate your account. It's really easy. Problem solved. more » TheFu: The Facebook story shows that anything you've ever place on the internet (not just the web) can come back when you least expect it. It can be a simple... more » Shadowlayer: Looks like something a 12yrl did with Sims3 more » SpyMagician: Ryan, you realize those are either fake or curated by PR agencies, agents, assistants or other flacks? more » applejuice: Is anybody else wondering if the real Tom hanks would become a member of McDonald's, Subway and Pizza Hut? more » momof3wildkids: Is there anyway to get rid of the fashiongoods.us posts? They are truly annoying! more » momo: I'm a "fan" of Pie a Day. It doesn't mean I eat a pie daily. more » -
#kevinrose
From Poster Boy to Fright-Night Costume
BusinessWeek made Kevin Rose a Web 2.0 poster-boy when its cover proclaimed he had "made $60 million," in completely imaginary money. Three years later, that bubble long gone, his picture makes the perfect ironic Halloween costume. More » -
#disasters
Apple's Conference Breaks Digg
The traffic, it was too much: Digg just went down, a likely victim of an overwhelming surge of traffic around the ongoing keynote speech at Apple's developer conference. What's weird about this news? More » -
#sogay
Digg's Fratty News Site Has a No-Homo Policy
If you wanted to imagine a topsy-turvy world where straight 19-year-old jock-nerds ran the media, just visit Digg. The site is so laden with antigay epithets that it automatically censors the word "homo" from headlines. More » -
#armchairgeneral
Why Amazon.com Should Buy Digg
Digg needs to sell itself. Kevin Rose's headline-voting site is drowning; the more popular it gets, the more red ink it generates. But who needs a bunch of news stories rated? Here's an idea: Amazon.com. More » -
#partyreport
SXSW, the Conference for Julia Allison and Other People Lacking Real Jobs
What recession? More than 10,000 revelers are expected for this year's SXSW Interactive conference in Austin, Texas this week. With no real work at hand, they're hitting the parties hard — especially the unofficial ones. More » -
#opencaption
Digg Founder Kevin Rose Meets Platonic Ideal of Digg User
Kevin Rose, founder of the Web headline-voting service Digg, meets a fan Saturday after a live Diggnation taping at the South By Southwest conference in Austin, Texas. -
#anniversaries
The Web at 20: Not Quite Old Enough to Drink, Yet Drives Us to It
Dear important scientist Tim Berners-Lee: Thank you for inventing the World Wide Web 20 years ago. It's really great and stuff! But were you aware of the crimes committed in your name? More » -
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#twitterati
The Twitterati Are All Over the Place
Are all the Twitterers headed to the SXSW festival, like Digg's Kevin Rose? Actually, no! Here's where Boing Boing's Xeni Jardin, Salon.com edi-bore Joan Walsh, and Politico's Patrick Gavin recorded their time-wasting thoughts: More » -
#diggnation
After Jimmy Fallon, Is Kevin Rose's Buddy Act Over?
Did you hear? Digg founder Kevin Rose was on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Wednesday. As was Rose's forgettable Diggnation cohost — what's his name? Ah, yes — Alex Albrecht, who we hear wants out. More » -
#digg
Gasp! Village Voice Media abuses Digg. But ineffectively.
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#fieldguide
Shira Lazar, Kevin Rose's Latest Fling
Having famously "plowed through" San Francisco's eligible bachelorettes, Digg founder Kevin Rose went L.A. for his most recent paramour, Shira Lazar. Who is this Web-video wannabe with links to Dov Charney and Julia Allison? More » -
#blackholes
Why Reality Will Bury Digg's Profit Dreams
Digg, the raucous online news-rating site, has laid off 8 people from its 75-person workforce. CEO Jay Adelson writes that the company will "aggressively focus on reaching profitability within the year." There's no way. More » -
#kevinrose
Digg Founder Wants to Date Jennifer Aniston
Kevin Rose, the boyish founder of Digg, a testosterone-soaked news-discussion site, has resolved to "date someone seriously" in 2009. Specifically, he plans to woo Marley & Me star Jennifer Aniston. -
#blackholes
It Costs Digg $5 Million a Year to Run the Internet
Perhaps Digg really is the future of the news business. The headline-discussion site, once an icon of the Web 2.0 movement, is losing millions of dollars a year.

