He seems to have taken the opening paragraphs for several iPad articles and squished them together.
Maybe it's an experiment in creating articles out of scraps.
Born This Way
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#32I don't know if you folks are aware of this but Steve Gillmor in his previous career was a record producer — he worked with everyone from Firesign Theater to Grace Jones. That's why is writing is so filled with references to music. You can say what you want about Techcrunch but Gillmor is one of the writers they have who is still worth reading. He doesn't give a damn about chasing page views and if you read in betwee…
The music references are not the issue here. Read the comments this tool is making to people who are (rightfully) giving him criticism.
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#33It's been my not-so-private view for some time now Arrington has consciously turned into a professional troll. While TC had great value a few years back as a news source, the purchase by AOL was IMO the culmination of a steady decline. I'm not sure if the instigation of flamebait headlines and Gawker level journalism were a natural progression for an expanding media outlet which bases its own self worth on impression…
http://thestartupfoundry.com/ is the reboot you're thinking of. So far, I've really found them good. Way better than TC (natch).
Yeah, I'm really impressed with g0atbutt's results so far.
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#34What the hell was that? I'm sorry for the bluntness of my statement, but that "article" was crap.
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#36Long time ago. Probably 2008. I am pretty sure most people are submitting techcrunch articles just for karma points. That and they come standard with aggressive linkbaiting headlines.
About 6 months ago I did an "Ask HN" post about noticing that 50% of the TC urls submitted to HN were coming from the same 4-5 individuals.
It may even be interns at TC submitting them.
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#37No, they haven't jumped the shark. You were just exposed to Steve Gillmor's writing. While the article is pointless, its one of his more coherent posts. He has written much worse TC articles than this.
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#38Steve Gillmor is a child. The last article I read by him, he was stalking and creeping on people in the comments. It was very, very weird and the comments on this article seem to imply that he's at it again.
Seriously, I don't care for TC, but they need to get this jackass under control. After mentioning that he was responding immaturely to commenters, he replied with "What is your real name?".
http://techcrunch.com/2011/02/13/close-or-view/#comment-1458...
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#39I realize that "star" contributors can command more control (and once upon a time, higher freelance fees) but I am very surprised a TC editor didn't exercise veto power over this post. It brings down the brand.
In addition, Gillmor's childish comments are positively embarrassing, and go against the spirit of Techcrunch's own comment policy, which states "please think of the comments as a conversation between individuals and interact with civility." (http://techcrunch.com/techcrunch-comment-policy/)
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#40Relevant comment from the article -
This seems to be a textbook "AOL Way" article that Paul Miller was talking about.
Beatles? Popular.
iPad? Popular (Bonus points for featuring FOUR of them).
Lady Gaga? Popular.
Turnaround time? Few minutes.
Actual substance? None whatsoever.
Steve Gilmor's unrelenting jackassery is getting out of hand. Now that TC is under new management, can someone rein this guy in?