There is a post over at Techcrunch that seems to be getting a lot of hits today and I’m not entirely sure why! Kevin Rose the founder of Digg, Revision3 and Pownce, has written a guest post for Techcrunch which outlines the top 10 ways to increase your Twitter followers.
The 10 points that he makes seem be very basic and if you actually know how to use Twitter properly I’m sure they aren’t new to you. However what I find funny about this post is that Kevin has probably only really got his followers from mentioning Twitter on every Revision3 show that he does and by being hugely known in the USA as a tech boy pinup. It is just weird that he is trying to preach ways to increase your Twitter followers when he hasn’t really used any of these methods.
It has been about 3 months since Revision3 launched the new version of their site and now they have been acquired. Techcrunch reports that in Episode 143 of Diggnation: Hosts Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht announce the sale of Revision3 to Fox News at about the 2:05 mark. Rose says “Well, ah, we basically have a big announcement for everyone. Revision3 has been acquired by a bigger company. We’ll be moving to Fox News.†He added “I’m thinking of getting a fox tattoo, its kinda part of my signing bonus, if i do it i get a little extra money.â€
It’s an early (very early) April Fool’s joke, of course. Jump to the 3:45 mark. They are clearly playing off a story from two weeks ago, spread quickly via a credulous Robert Scoble Twitter message, that CNET had acquired Revision3 for $58 million. Bloody April Fool’s jokes. I think the American companies take it a lot more serious than any others. Well it was a nice way to get publicity and damm it, i fell into the trap!
Revision 3 has launched the new version of their website. The site has been under development for more than five months and has some great new features. Revision 3 is basically a production company that launches shows based around a tech type theme and the releases are only on their site.
The design itself is a great improvement on the last site. Overall, it is so much cleaner and has a much better generic layout. Plus, there are no stupid Google ads on a professional companies website.
The site has much better branding for Revision 3 itself, plus has better branding for each individual show. They have made it easier to find their shows and to find episodes you might have missed.
The key improvement for me is that the shows are now on a much bigger player. 555 x 337 window. Before i really hated coming to the site and only finding a small player with an option to increase to full screen, but this has been much improved.
Revision 3 has been talking about more improvements to come, so stay tuned.
