TechCrunch is a bully

#1

Post by asanwal » Thu, Aug 30, 2012, 12:23 AM UTC

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Post by tomasien » Thu, Aug 30, 2012, 12:58 AM UTC

I seriously am considering swearing off TechCrunch because of this article. True or not, their hegemony gives them so much power, and to see it foolishly used in this way was disturbing.

The people she was claiming to know are big boys/girls. This should have been handled socially in the valley.

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Post by mkohlmyr » Thu, Aug 30, 2012, 1:04 AM UTC

Enough people still read TC to where it can be considered a bully? I'm being completely serious. It's been a long time since I paid attention to anything that was written on TechCrunch and it's been even longer since the thing I paid attention to was anything remotely sensible or interesting.

I actively avoid visiting links to TechCrunch. Because the people who work there are a poor excuses for journalists - which is why it will forever be to my mind 'just a blog'.

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Post by citricsquid » Thu, Aug 30, 2012, 1:08 AM UTC

The thing I don't get about the techcrunch article is in the comments Alexia Tsotsis wrote:

> This is the story that no one was writing. Amazing work Anthony Ha.

is his life in danger? is she some high power person that can destroy Anthony Ha's career? No... she's a person that lies...

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Post by fourstar » Thu, Aug 30, 2012, 1:09 AM UTC

If everyone ignored them, they'd go away.

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Post by n00b101 » Thu, Aug 30, 2012, 1:10 AM UTC

Cry me a river.

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Post by deniszgonjanin » Thu, Aug 30, 2012, 1:10 AM UTC

America has always been a land where you could fail, then pick yourself up. You could move west in search of a new beginning and a new identity. You could go bankrupt, then start over, and eventually fail your way to success and a better life. There is no longer a place to hide or run away to. There is no way to re-invent yourself and start over. The foolish crimes of our youths are now a permanent part of who we are. For the rest of our lives and likely eternity.

This is the sad side of the products we are helping to create as engineers at Facebook, Google, Twitter, etc...

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Post by jamiequint » Thu, Aug 30, 2012, 1:16 AM UTC

I'm pretty sure if you misrepresent yourself that blatantly time and time again you deserve what is coming to you.

"she has the top media company in the tech industry trying to take her down."

Oh please, she blatantly lied many times about many things to high profile people. That is a story and its going to get written about by someone whether its Techcrunch or someone else.

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Post by gojomo » Thu, Aug 30, 2012, 1:28 AM UTC

I'm no TC fan, but it was a fair subject and story.

That such deceptive operators can show up anywhere (and especially in a young/dynamic community) is important to know, and it can only be vividly demonstrated with tangible and current examples.

And specifically, enough people were affected by this person's claims, leaving enough of a reportable trail, that a story warning others and documenting the modus operandi could be true, well-sourced, interesting, and useful for TC's readership.

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Post by kristianc » Thu, Aug 30, 2012, 1:28 AM UTC

deniszgonjanin wrote: post #7

America has always been a land where you could fail, then pick yourself up. You could move west in search of a new beginning and a new identity. You could go bankrupt, then start over, and eventually fail your way to success and a better life. There is no longer a place to hide or run away to. There is no way to re-invent yourself and start over. The foolish crimes of our youths are now a permanent part of who we are…

I'm not sure what point you're making. If it's that Facebook, Google, Twitter are making it harder for confidence tricksters to move on and repeat their lies when they've been rumbled - I'm not sure that's a bad thing.