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1. cubicle17: Does Anyone Still Read TechCrunch? →

   After giving some thought to the future of TechCrunch, I think it might be a necessary evil. It’s managed to capture a huge amount of the negative voices in the development community.

   Unless they’re leaking info, their stories have no real impact on anyone’s business. And so far as I can tell, the development community, at least the brilliant folks I’ve been lucky enough to spend time with, pay no attention to TC (especially on the East Coast).

   Meanwhile, anytime I catch their awful writing, or feel suicidal and start reading TC comments, I’ll have to remind myself that if these poisonous people weren’t holed up at TechCrunch, I might actually have to interact with them :[

   So I think I’m grateful Arrington has charged himself with being the dev community’s douche magnet.

   BTW - Huge props to Jack and Biz for the extremely thoughtful response to Arrington’s condescending garbage. 

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   Posted on June 1st, 2008 at 8:31pm Posted 3 months ago

1. jamespoling reblogged this from cubicle17 and added:

   Yes, I do. But I have to admit that Arrington is beginning to sound like a jilted lover or something with his constant...

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3. datainsightsideas reblogged this from cubicle17 and added:

   Hacker News FTW.

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   disagree with this statement. TechCrunch is poor. It posts stories constantly, generally of pretty poor quality,...

7. david reblogged this from cubicle17 and added:

   TechCrunch, I think...necessary evil. It’s managed to capture...

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