Some things need to change
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Some things need to change
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#2This is terrible, worse than people speculating about Steve Jobs' health, as an example of how low folks in our industry can go. (I know they're unrelated but the 2 evoke the same emotions in me.)
I desperately want Michael Arrington to cover my startup as well, but I still can't understand those that threatened or spat on him. Michael, I hope you return to regular writing after Feb, but if you don't, thanks for all the great work so far.
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#3"That is an idiotic thing to say; 1 + 1 is 2, not 3" can be shortened to "1 + 1 is 2, not 3".
Spitting is a long way past that point. Not cool.
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#4Wow!
I think that this indicates an incredibly cut-throat feeling in the startup world.
The state of the economy in general can't be helping.
How could this be different?
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#5I guess the person who spat on Michael really showed his level of integrity.
I respect the guy (Arrington) professionally, I've never met him so I can't comment on him personally but this type of shit is totally not cool.
I know you occasionally read this site Mike, so please come back when you've taken time off, even if its to take a more backseat role in what you do.
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#6Wow. He shouldn't have to put up with that crap. The whole death threat thing is freaking scary. Hopefully Michael doesn't shutter Techcrunch, but he's right. Something has to change.
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#7Spitter was probably from a PR firm. Remember this post?
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/17/death-to-the-embargo/
A little spit never killed anyone, and I would say any controversial figure is going to encounter that every once in a while. But the death threat stuff goes way over the line. The police needs to find that guy and put him in jail immediately.
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#8This is terrible, worse than people speculating about Steve Jobs' health, as an example of how low folks in our industry can go. (I know they're unrelated but the 2 evoke the same emotions in me.) I desperately want Michael Arrington to cover my startup as well, but I still can't understand those that threatened or spat on him. Michael, I hope you return to regular writing after Feb, but if you don't, thanks for all…
I agree, it's a sad state of affairs, but
"I desperately want Michael Arrington to cover my startup as well"
I don't really get this... startups don't fall or succeed based on tc coverage. It might spike traffic for a day with some geeks. That's all at the end of the day.
Seems like some of this is TC's own doing - they have made people believe you have to get techcrunched, or you won't succeed - which is completely false.
I think they do a great job in the main though.
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#9This is ridiculous. A lot of the rumors about him covering only recommended or friends of friends startups are just plain untrue. He does cover startups he invest in, but in the end, it doesn't help them that much (just look at Edgeio). I think people have an exaggeration on him being a king maker for startups.
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