Last.fm: "Techcrunch are full of shit" • Hacker News Board

Re: Last.fm: "Techcrunch are full of shit"

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Feb 23, 2009, 6:38 PM UTC

endtime wrote: post #28

3pt14159 wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I can't see why you got down voted. That was my first thought when I read it. I reread it 5 or 6 times until I decided that I must be missing something. TechCrunch = a corporation A corporation = a legal person Singular, not plural!

I can't see why you got down voted. Probably because his comment isn't interesting, isn't relevant, and doesn't contribute to discussion. There are all kinds of true but uninteresting comments one can make, but making them shouldn't be encouraged. Edit: I'm sorry if that sounds harsh, but actively discouraging uninteresting comments is what keeps the signal:noise ratio high here.

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Re: Last.fm: "Techcrunch are full of shit"

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Post by davidw » Mon, Feb 23, 2009, 7:52 PM UTC

endtime wrote: post #28

3pt14159 wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I can't see why you got down voted. That was my first thought when I read it. I reread it 5 or 6 times until I decided that I must be missing something. TechCrunch = a corporation A corporation = a legal person Singular, not plural!

I can't see why you got down voted. Probably because his comment isn't interesting, isn't relevant, and doesn't contribute to discussion. There are all kinds of true but uninteresting comments one can make, but making them shouldn't be encouraged. Edit: I'm sorry if that sounds harsh, but actively discouraging uninteresting comments is what keeps the signal:noise ratio high here.

Exactly. However, once upon a time, this site also had a tradition of not downvoting people all that much for comments that were simply a bit inane or misguided, rather than actively trolling or flaming.

Re: Last.fm: "Techcrunch are full of shit"

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Post by chiffonade » Mon, Feb 23, 2009, 8:03 PM UTC

scott_s wrote: post #30

j2d2 wrote: post #17

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It's not even grammatically correct! "Techcrunch is full of shit" would be right.

The author is British: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_di...

Which is strange, because the whole concept behind the British invention of the "corporation" is to address a group of people as a singular entity.

Re: Last.fm: "Techcrunch are full of shit"

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Post by vaksel » Mon, Feb 23, 2009, 8:07 PM UTC

jm4 wrote: post #25

tarmac wrote: post #5

This makes me think about that TechCrunchee getting spit on the face... I'd now like to get the spitter's side of the story.

TechCrunch is awful, but there's no excuse for the spit in the face incident. I don't give a damn what lousy, fabricated article TechCrunch might have published to precipitate that. It's disgusting and totally uncalled for.

who knows if that really happened, or if Arrington was just linkbaiting to make money

Re: Last.fm: "Techcrunch are full of shit"

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Post by vaksel » Mon, Feb 23, 2009, 8:08 PM UTC

jonursenbach wrote: post #20

It finally happened. Techcrunch is the new Valleywag.

so who is the new techcrunch?

Re: Last.fm: "Techcrunch are full of shit"

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Post by tonystubblebine » Mon, Feb 23, 2009, 8:21 PM UTC

vaksel wrote: post #35

jonursenbach wrote: post #20

It finally happened. Techcrunch is the new Valleywag.

so who is the new techcrunch?

We are. Hacker News is the top spot for getting news relevant to startups.

Re: Last.fm: "Techcrunch are full of shit"

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Post by CalmQuiet » Mon, Feb 23, 2009, 8:26 PM UTC

scott_s wrote: post #30

j2d2 wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not even grammatically correct! "Techcrunch is full of shit" would be right.

The author is British: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_di...

And if you get any news from bbc.co.uk or read British bloggers you'll get accustomed to sports teams and corporations being considered plural. e.g.: "Apple today are releasing..."

Re: Last.fm: "Techcrunch are full of shit"

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Post by aristus » Mon, Feb 23, 2009, 8:28 PM UTC

chiffonade wrote: post #33

scott_s wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The author is British: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_di...

Which is strange, because the whole concept behind the British invention of the "corporation" is to address a group of people as a singular entity.

Not quite -- the underlying concept is a "company" in the sense of a troupe, band, eg "The King's Men", the "Dorrit's Chalk-Weavers", "Harold & Sons".

The idea of a "corporate person" is much more recent, like 1880's, and I think started in the US.

Re: Last.fm: "Techcrunch are full of shit"

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Post by vaksel » Mon, Feb 23, 2009, 8:39 PM UTC

tonystubblebine wrote: post #36

vaksel wrote: post #35

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so who is the new techcrunch?

We are. Hacker News is the top spot for getting news relevant to startups.

well we are more of a news aggregating service, need some original content. Need more stories to break on HN

Re: Last.fm: "Techcrunch are full of shit"

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Post by jm4 » Mon, Feb 23, 2009, 8:45 PM UTC

vaksel wrote: post #34

jm4 wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

TechCrunch is awful, but there's no excuse for the spit in the face incident. I don't give a damn what lousy, fabricated article TechCrunch might have published to precipitate that. It's disgusting and totally uncalled for.

who knows if that really happened, or if Arrington was just linkbaiting to make money

I don't know if it really happened. I don't much care, either. But if I remember correctly, the title of the article in question was 'Some Things Need to Change'. That's hardly linkbait.

The linkbait accusation is also a little odd coming from someone who submits practically every linkbait TechCrunch article that shows up in the RSS feed.