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By: Ben Barren - Confessions of a Mad Man » automagic blogging, rorschach tested, hard earned thirst’d, tuppence friday full of #weeds #trueblood + #spooks

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:54:50 +0000

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By: valiant66

valiant66 — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:41:10 +0000

I never went to techcrunch until Gruber mentioned it (negatively). I regret the few minutes of my life I lost while I was there. I see no reason to return.

If nobody goes, no money is made, it withers. But I don’t care about it enough to even suggest you stay away from it too.

By: cliff

cliff — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:17:36 +0000

I think you are confusing i.e. and e.g.

By: Brice

Brice — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:01:07 +0000

“TimR: hyperbole”
I like when they do this. It makes me look wise, knowing, clever, discerning, etc. Techcrunch is wonderful for my self-esteem.

By: PixarLuvr6969

PixarLuvr6969 — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:22:04 +0000

6. Be John Gruber.

By: rob

rob — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:16:47 +0000

You mean there are people that actually read techcrunch?

By: stwf

stwf — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:56:41 +0000

Don’t forget chastising and banning anyone who leaks information about your projects, even though everything you have or ever will have came from publishing leaked information.

By: Ryan Gonzalez

Ryan Gonzalez — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:01:32 +0000

You’re forgetting:
— have your founder go on podcasts
— make a COMPLETE ass of himself (by questioning the ethics of a veteran journalist)
— and then issuing an apology the site that seems utterly strange and insincere

By: anonymous

anonymous — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:36:37 +0000

You’ve forgotten its endless obsession with twitter.

By: Princess

Princess — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:08:14 +0000

5. The trifecta. Fall for obvious hoaxes while making technical statement you don’t understand and insist the “hack” is revolutionary:

http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/06/14/iphone-os-on-a-touchscreen-monitor-multi-touch-and-all/

By: Al Briggs

Al Briggs — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:00:24 +0000

Points 1-3 are interesting points – but mostly as provable as the UFO in Roswell.

Point 4 though – I was under the impression that the TechCrunch50 conference was not paid for and that is what makes it different from other conferences – you pay to attend – not to present and pitch.

The last point is very serious as TechCrunch play up the application process for the conference.

By: TimR

TimR — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:46:51 +0000

hyperbole: http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/08/17/total-photoshop-killer-pixelmator/
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/01/meet-chrome-googles-windows-killer/
breach of integrity: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/20/did-lastfm-just-hand-over-user-listening-data-to-the-riaa/

I’m sure a publication full of hyperbole that had no regard for integrity *would* be a pretty enjoyable read, so long as you’re not in the industry.

By: How your site can suck like TechCrunch « Sharing the truth one thread at a time

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:38:41 +0000

[...] Things a VC would never say How your site can suck like TechCrunch June 15, 2009 DF (Via Oliver Willis): 3. Have your founder/editor always play the victim, and do so dramatically in public. ie [...]

By: Oliver Willis

Oliver Willis — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:22:39 +0000

Sure.

By: Bergamot

Bergamot — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 07:47:00 +0000

5. Make angry comments on Oliver’s blog under an assumed name

By: Morgante Pell

Morgante Pell — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 07:40:20 +0000

Sure, there are plenty of examples. Right here: http://techcrunch.com

By: Your publication can suck as much as Techcrunch | frankylicious

Your publication can suck as much as Techcrunch | frankylicious — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 07:39:33 +0000

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By: Shorty

Shorty — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 07:39:33 +0000

Oh, and you DO know what the word “RELATED” means?? The one in BOLD right after the article??

Wake up. You’re making a huge ass of yourself.

By: Yoz

Yoz — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 07:36:32 +0000

You forgot “Disclaim any obligations to journalistic ethics and practice whenever someone calls you on your shit, as if that somehow makes it all okay”.

By: Shorty

Shorty — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 07:34:45 +0000

@jd

LOL!! Oh puh-leeeeeeze!! You can READ, right? It’s a sad and well known FACT that this article is right on the money! New to the internet, eh?? Spend more than 2 minutes on TechCrunch with an IQ in the double-digits and it becomes painfully OBVIOUS. Get out much?

You *of course* couldn’t have ANYTHING to do with TechCrunch, right??

Noooooooooooo…..