I’m So Ashamed Of TechCrunch Today(techcrunch.com)

38 pointsby nileshd14 anni fa20 comments

http://techcrunch.com/2012/12/21/im-so-ashamed-of-techcrunch-today/

8 comments

"I’m so ashamed. This would have never happened in the old days."

Says the man who traded the dignity of the company he founded for $25 million dollars.

radley14 anni fa

Is it not possible he thought he was leaving it in good hands while he moved on to new things?

InclinedPlane14 anni fa

He is allegedly one of the most savvy people in the tech industry, the idea that selling his company to AOL had completely unpredictable results is, frankly, patently ridiculous.

radley14 anni fa

He left a good team behind him and was given reassurances, etc. It can't be entirely bad (at least not for him) since he's been able to go back.

whyenot14 anni fa

That's funny, I thought he traded ownership for $25 million. Isn't it AOL and not Arrington who benefits from the relationship with Tapjoy? (...and I'm not sure TC ever had any dignity)

InclinedPlane14 anni fa

Fine, correction: he traded away control over the dignity of techcrunch...

jspthrowaway214 anni fa

I'm surprised that they still publish what he writes on TechCrunch. It's an odd relationship.

InclinedPlane14 anni fa

As long as he avoids going on an all out jihad then it just creates low-level drama which merely increases traffic, which is what they want. Techcrunch is a tabloid.

w1ntermute14 anni fa

Yeah, can anyone explain why this prick is still writing on TechCrunch? Wasn't he booted out at some point?

meritt14 anni fa

Arrington and MG Siegler returned in October.

http://techcrunch.com/2012/10/23/getting-the-band-back-toget...

ChuckMcM14 anni fa

I found that somewhat interesting since as far as I know Michael hasn't given up being an investor.

guelo14 anni fa

I was surprised the other day by this tweet from a TC editor signaling which PR firms are favored if you want to get your stories published.

https://twitter.com/alexia/status/279307448479776768

I honestly think PRWeb is a more trustworthy source of industry news than TC.

patmcguire14 anni fa

I remember being shocked by pg's post on this. http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html

Also, on the subject of news sites with no credibility, most of Forbes's online content is from "contributors" (pretty much anyone) who don't really have any oversight. So if you see something there, think of it like someone's blog.

ig114 anni fa

Those aren't PR firms, they're individual PR people at specific firms (Facebook, Twitter, etc.)

grovulent14 anni fa

Is this really front page worthy? When will people stop up-voting arrington/techcrunch psychodrama?

Pr014 anni fa

Just today? Talk about linkbait.

freditup14 anni fa

I thought their article on the NRA was pretty poorly done too today: http://techcrunch.com/2012/12/21/the-nra-blames-video-games-...

Among many issues I had with the article, they link to a guy making a joke tweet saying: "Sorry guys, but I just played Mortal Kombat and I've already ripped out two hearts, harpooned somebody, and turned a ninja into a baby." I always found those kinds of tweets in very poor taste after a little girl was killed by two teens imitating mortal kombat.

Lines like "Maybe more guns would help, maybe they wouldn’t. But, the NRA wasn’t exactly a pillar of thoughtfulness today." don't exactly make for great journalism either.

gburt14 anni fa

I don't understand why this is published on Techcrunch. Maybe I don't understand the Arrington relationship though.

olefoo14 anni fa

I believe the relationship is drama->pageviews->revenue.

justhw14 anni fa

If they can just switch the design back to the old, I would start reading again. They can take the design back from tcfast.com

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