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by this logic nearly all startups are delusional. I don't think I'd frame it this way.

• dredmorbius 14y ago
  Not quite. Digg was viable previously. Hence the Icarus problem. They tried to fly too high. Most startups are stillborn. That's a different Greek myth.
  • jshen 14y ago
    yeah, but I think they believed they could grow into something bigger. I.e, the same thing all startups believe, and typically fail to do. Don't get me wrong, I think they'd have been far better off taking far less money and simply being a profitable property. I think nearly all startups would be better off doing this. I just don't believe that digg did anything abnormal for a typical startup.