If i were Rose, i would've sold last year or perhaps even around the time when he was all hyped up on the cover of businessweek. As far as I can see, digg doesn't really have any real content besides its collection of asinine comments that it's accumulated now and links to LOLCATS images.
No offense, the same model seems to be working at hacker news here - but digg has gone beyond it's useful life. It's one of those things where the community has exceeded it's critical mass and wisdom of the crowds eventually becomes a really dumb idea.
If you're looking for intellectual discourse it has. But if you have 10 minutes to kill at work, it can be really entertaining. It's more educational than primetime network TV, if nothing else.
No offense, the same model seems to be working at hacker news here - but digg has gone beyond it's useful life. It's one of those things where the community has exceeded it's critical mass and wisdom of the crowds eventually becomes a really dumb idea.