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Re: Alt.techcrunch.die.die.die

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Post by icky »

pg wrote: post #18

This is the top story on Hacker News? Embarrassing. Should I add downvotes on stories, for users over a certain karma threshold?

Yes.

One thing you might also try is allow the top n posters (nickb and company?) to enable downvoting on certain articles, whereupon the rest of us can pile on if we like.

Re: Alt.techcrunch.die.die.die

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Post by alaskamiller »

josefresco wrote: post #19

Alternatives to TechCrunch, choose one, be happy: CenterNetworks Mashable! VentureBeat Read/Write Web

Mashable sucks a lot, their posts are just derivative of whatever PR piece is sent to their email. They implemented a social network to get them more pageviews but it's now turned into a porn den.

VentureBeat started out by just reporting VC money and so on but switched. I liked him when he was with Mercury News but I haven't really been visiting his site as the other ones pretty much covers it.

Allen Stern wants to be like Michael Arrington and he's done a good job thus far. He breaks news every now and then and provides great analysis.

Silicon Alley Insider is shaping up to be a great tech news source. Topical, on point, and constantly updated.

And as much shit as Valleywag gets around these parts, they're still a top read in my book if you're an outsider in the Valley and want to pretend you fit in.

Re: Alt.techcrunch.die.die.die

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Post by popshop »

I hate Arrington as much as the next guy, but I know first-hand that 1. The database architecture of delicious is outmoded (i.e. thought up by Josh for a much more limited use) and as a result 2. they simply cannot get the 2.0 version to work (i.e. scale).

Re: Alt.techcrunch.die.die.die

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Post by Prrometheus »

alaskamiller wrote: post #43
josefresco wrote: post #19

Alternatives to TechCrunch, choose one, be happy: CenterNetworks Mashable! VentureBeat Read/Write Web

Mashable sucks a lot, their posts are just derivative of whatever PR piece is sent to their email. They implemented a social network to get them more pageviews but it's now turned into a porn den. VentureBeat started out by just reporting VC money and so on but switched. I liked him when he was with Mercury News but I haven't really been visiting his site as the other ones pretty much covers it. Allen Stern wants to…

>They implemented a social network to get them more pageviews but it's now turned into a porn den.

The story of the internet.

Re: Alt.techcrunch.die.die.die

#46

Post by edw519 »

iigs wrote: post #38
pg wrote: post #18

This is the top story on Hacker News? Embarrassing. Should I add downvotes on stories, for users over a certain karma threshold?

Hello. I'm a lurker but I registered to make this comment, because I feel pretty strongly about it. I can understand that the tone of the article is one that you might not want to represent Hacker News, but I think the article subject is on point and worth considering. I have been fortunate enough to live under a rock and not follow techcrunch at all, until I started reading HN (I'm a recent reddit lurker, and as red…

I often wonder what it takes to "convert a lurker". (It may be interesting to see what kinds of threads have people's first comments.)

Now that you're speaking, don't stop. Welcome, iigs.

Re: Alt.techcrunch.die.die.die

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Post by icey »

icky wrote: post #41
pg wrote: post #18

This is the top story on Hacker News? Embarrassing. Should I add downvotes on stories, for users over a certain karma threshold?

Yes. One thing you might also try is allow the top n posters (nickb and company?) to enable downvoting on certain articles, whereupon the rest of us can pile on if we like.

How does that differ from allowing nickb et al to just bury an article? I can assure you, if some articles have downmodding available and others do not, those articles will be insta-gibbed off of the front few pages.

Re: Alt.techcrunch.die.die.die

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Post by gojomo »

gojomo wrote: post #28
pg wrote: post #18

This 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.

This also might be a case where two-axis voting [1][2] could help. People could 'agree' (on the left-right agree-disagree axis) but also 'demote' (or no-vote) on the up-down promote-demote axis. The message would then be, "I agree but enough already!"

[1] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=117196

[2] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=126917

Re: Alt.techcrunch.die.die.die

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Post by kyro »

adnam wrote: post #33
pg wrote: post #18

This is the top story on Hacker News? Embarrassing. Should I add downvotes on stories, for users over a certain karma threshold?

I agree, and I wrote the damned thing.

Since you seem in support of having a down arrow, and you never really intended to get your article to the front page, then what that says is that you were less concerned about submitting something of value than you were about promoting your writing. You shouldn't have submitted it in the first place.

Either that or you just wrote the piece knowing that it'd appeal to the growing anti-arrington/tc sentiment here, so you knew it was an easy climb to the top.

I'm getting extremely irritated by this sort of stuff. Many of you are doing exactly what you're criticizing Arrington/TC of doing - childish gossip and name calling. There's much more important, worthwhile and fulfilling shit to discuss.

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