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Born This Way

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Re: Born This Way

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Post by petercooper »

nhebb wrote: post #28

No, they haven't jumped the shark. Happy Days started to suck long before Fonzie jumped the shark tank. That episode was just the final straw. TechCrunch isn't that bad - as long as you pick and choose which articles to read. If you're wasting time reading every TechCrunch article linked to by HN, then you have bigger concerns than whether the articles are consistently high quality. Maybe HN article submitters could…

Agreed. If you stick to Arrington, Rao, Butcher, and a couple of others, you get some good content. There are just a few 'bad apples' there who drag it down.

Re: Born This Way

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Post by nhangen »

nhangen wrote: post #19
schwabacher wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

His taunts don't even make sense. It seems like he is taking offense to people criticizing his story anonymously, but the way he is asking people for their real names comes off as strange and kind of creepy. And, he isn't addressing any of the (IMO valid) complaints they have about his story.

well I must admit, if I worked for TC and had to deal with their comment crew, I'd probably be firing rounds my now.

arg, misspelling - by now.

Re: Born This Way

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Post by g0atbutt »

cabinguy wrote: post #58
bmelton wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

http://thestartupfoundry.com . What's old is new again. Paul Hontz had those exact same feelings, and has brought forth a blog that is closer to what TC used to be than any other I've seen.

I sure do hope The Startup Foundry perseveres. It's going to be one hell of a hard thing to do...but I hope they do it. One bit of advice: Drop the "the" -- just "Startup Foundry" -- it's cleaner.

Thanks Justin Timberlake!

Re: Born This Way

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Post by desigooner »

chailatte wrote: post #6

Long 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.

He claims that this article is relevant as Lady Gaga is a startup and so is Apple (i kid you not)....

Re: Born This Way

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Post by KeyBoardG »

I only started reading tc about a year ago and even in this amount of time I've seen the downturn. Steve and alexytosis(whatever) both write meaningless dribble.

Re: Born This Way

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Post by shareme »

fuzzmeister wrote: post #23

I have always found Gillmor's writing absolutely impenetrable. His posts meander and never seem to arrive at anything resembling a point. I almost feel like he intentionally avoids making points.

it reminds me of Greatfull Dead concerts..never the same meander every session..

Re: Born This Way

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Post by nl »

It's not Techcrunch, it's Steve Gillmore. I'd say he'd jumped the shark, but that would imply at once point he actually said something sensible.

Re: Born This Way

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Post by svrs »

chailatte wrote: post #6

Long 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.

I've had to start double-checking links posted to HN to make sure I don't accidentally get lead to TC.
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