Yeah, TechCrunch is getting like this too, so I've stopped reading both of them. Nothing really wrong with that, just not what I want to read. Mostly for me it's now HN for tech and VentureBeat for funding related stuff. Oh well, things change and you can always vote with your feet (or eyes in this case I suppose).
Ask HN: Mashable getting worse?
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Re: Ask HN: Mashable getting worse?
#12mashable is usually the last tech blog i read because the content is not too helpful and most of it is just cliche.
For more knowledgeable readers mashable just doesn't go deep enough.
Re: Ask HN: Mashable getting worse?
#13I kind of admire Mashable because one could argue that they have in fact done what every business hopes to do - start niche and then grow to serve a mainstream market/audience. There is however always a risk that in doing so you alienate the very audience you initially set-up to serve. But if as a business you are comfortable with that then that's ok.
I do feel however that because of its undeniable success on Twitter, Mashable tends to show a little bit of bias in favour of Twitter and sometimes against Twitter's biggest rival Facebook - just my opinion.