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Re: Gawker Media shuts Valleywag, offers Consumerist for sale

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Nooo..... I actually like valleywag :( Sure it was nasty, and it was gossipy, and not journalism at all, but it was a lot more frank and honest than a bunch of other tech. blogs out there.

I loved valleywag and will miss it. My few appearances there have nothing to do with it. I just love the tabloid mentality, and my experiences living in Norcal screamed at me that it was ripe for that kind of approach. Oh well.

Re: Gawker Media shuts Valleywag, offers Consumerist for sale

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I think startups are the wrong place for a gossip rag to be hanging out. Keep that garbage in Hollywood please.

You've obviously not spent much time hanging around with the "Web 2.0" crowd in SF. Ripe for ridicule.

I've seen my share of gossip-worthy stories, but I'd rather hear about them in the dead pool.

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

You've obviously not spent much time hanging around with the "Web 2.0" crowd in SF. Ripe for ridicule.

I've seen my share of gossip-worthy stories, but I'd rather hear about them in the dead pool.

Except "buzz" is part of what produces growth. And it's almost guaranteed that "buzz" is generally empty, shallow people interacting with other empty, shallow people (because that's 90% of the world's population). That produces gossip, and buzz, and more buzz, and tabloid journalism, and billions of dollars. "Hollywood" is the perfect paradigm for that.

Re: Gawker Media shuts Valleywag, offers Consumerist for sale

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Meh.

Are you being transferred?

Maybe Giz, but it eats up a lot of time though. I should just finish out my web apps. Already hearing some sites that need writers to establish themselves as the next VW.

Re: Gawker Media shuts Valleywag, offers Consumerist for sale

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are you being transferred?

Maybe Giz, but it eats up a lot of time though. I should just finish out my web apps. Already hearing some sites that need writers to establish themselves as the next VW.

Wait, meaning other sites are trying, or other sites are writing you asking for you on their staff?
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