Please vote if you prefer a direct link to a website instead of a link to Techcrunch

#1

Post by cosmok » Wed, Aug 06, 2008, 11:11 AM UTC

I am tired of having to go to Techcrunch to find a link to a new startup/exciting product.

Most of the sites have About Us/ FAQs ,etc and most of the time I can figure out whether a product will be useful for me so please, link directly to your site.

Re: Please vote if you prefer a direct link to a website instead of a link to Techcrunch

#2

Post by prakash » Wed, Aug 06, 2008, 11:24 AM UTC

good point. why don't you create a poll instead of a submit?

Re: Please vote if you prefer a direct link to a website instead of a link to Techcrunch

#3

Post by Tichy » Wed, Aug 06, 2008, 12:02 PM UTC

I like the summary provided by TechCrunch

Re: Please vote if you prefer a direct link to a website instead of a link to Techcrunch

#4

Post by Mystalic » Wed, Aug 06, 2008, 12:16 PM UTC

TechCrunch deserves credit when it is the one to inform us about the new product. We shouldn't ignore that.

If the company comes here directly, it gets linked directly and we have an even deeper conversation.

Re: Please vote if you prefer a direct link to a website instead of a link to Techcrunch

#5

Post by andr » Wed, Aug 06, 2008, 12:18 PM UTC

Are you serious? I'd much rather have TechCrunch's unique, seriously opinionated, and void of content, representation of a startup than exploring the startup myself. After all, would you see news first hand or have FOX report them to you in a fair and balanced way?

Re: Please vote if you prefer a direct link to a website instead of a link to Techcrunch

#6

Post by cryptovenom » Wed, Aug 06, 2008, 12:18 PM UTC

I would like a summary from Hacker News, TechCrunch's creditability is not all that good.

Re: Please vote if you prefer a direct link to a website instead of a link to Techcrunch

#7

Post by DougBTX » Wed, Aug 06, 2008, 12:43 PM UTC

prakash wrote: post #2

good point. why don't you create a poll instead of a submit?

Probably doesn't have enough karma...

Re: Please vote if you prefer a direct link to a website instead of a link to Techcrunch

#8

Post by pchristensen » Wed, Aug 06, 2008, 12:43 PM UTC

Leave the TechCrunch link, it's often easier to read the summary instead of look at the site, even if the summary isn't that good. It's along the same lines as how I read the comments on HN to see if I should read the article.

EDIT: This (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=267935) is a great example of why I read HN comments before reading an article. Something like that could have been terrible or great, and the comments cleared that up for me.

Re: Please vote if you prefer a direct link to a website instead of a link to Techcrunch

#9

Post by marclar » Wed, Aug 06, 2008, 12:44 PM UTC

Yes -- link directly. TechCrunch spews opinion, not facts.

Re: Please vote if you prefer a direct link to a website instead of a link to Techcrunch

#10

Post by fallentimes » Wed, Aug 06, 2008, 12:49 PM UTC

Mystalic wrote: post #4

TechCrunch deserves credit when it is the one to inform us about the new product. We shouldn't ignore that. If the company comes here directly, it gets linked directly and we have an even deeper conversation.

Agreed. I've noticed that when startups launch on YC with a "Review my Startup" or something, the feedback is almost always significantly better even if the comments are lesser in number.