Its problem is the commenting system. Needs something like Digg.
Disqus is the answer to all commenting systems! :)
Tell Arrington!
Alt.techcrunch.die.die.die
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#22Alternatives to TechCrunch, choose one, be happy: CenterNetworks Mashable! VentureBeat Read/Write Web
Can anybody give reasons to favor one of those four above the others?
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#23I don't read Techcrunch unless someone points me to a story that sounds like it might be interesting which is rare. However, people seem to read, and their traffic hasn't suffered, so I doubt that the site is going to change anything soon. For that matter, who cares what Techcruch is writing about. By moaning about it here, we're giving it airtime that could be used for something more useful. Ignore it, and perhaps o…
Look they even get reprinted in the Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05...
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#24This is the top story on Hacker News? Embarrassing. Should I add downvotes on stories, for users over a certain karma threshold?
Yes. Please.
A couple week trial period couldn't hurt. What's there to lose?
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#26Am I the only one who finds that TechCrunch is unreachable most of the time? I assume its server is overwhelmed with traffic. Possibly the problem is on my end, but I don't have problems with other sites. I find it strange that the guy who complains about Twitter's downtime seems to have some of his own to deal with.
I could always access the site without any problems and didn't see any issues.
not for me either, might just be you. sorry.
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#27This is the top story on Hacker News? Embarrassing. Should I add downvotes on stories, for users over a certain karma threshold?
I constantly find myself wanting to downvote specific stories. My only other choice is to upvote everything around it, which isn't what I really mean to do.
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#28This is the top story on Hacker News? Embarrassing. Should I add downvotes on stories, for users over a certain karma threshold?
It's worth a try. If story downvotes existed, stories like this might not even be upvoted... I suspect most of its upvotes reflect pent-up demand for downvotes on previous TC material.
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#30This is the top story on Hacker News? Embarrassing. Should I add downvotes on stories, for users over a certain karma threshold?
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