Targeted by San Francisco Protesters

Once seen as one of the young upstarts rising from humble beginnings to tech stardom, Kevin Rose, the founder of Digg and now a partner at Google Ventures, is the latest target of San Francisco’s anti-Google protesters.

In an Instagram message posted on Sunday, Rose revealed that protesters had shown up at his home and posted a detailed letter labeling him a “parasite,” specifically mentioning his association with Google.

“My house was protested today by anti-tech folks, they had a large banner saying ‘Kevin Rose Parasite,’ handed these to my neighbors,” wrote Rose, detailing the incident, along with a photo of the flyer.

Headlined by Rose’s name above the word “parasite,” the flyer also includes an odd smiley face graphic and read, in part: