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This is such obvious linkbait that it even admits "this title is linkbait" at the bottom. He means give the power back to Kevin Rose, which is exactly what appe
by seldo 16y ago
This is such obvious linkbait that it even admits "this title is linkbait" at the bottom. He means give the power back to Kevin Rose, which is exactly what appears to have happened recently. So... non-story.
- marcamillion 16y agoWhat? I don't understand what the big problem with some HN users and 'linkbait'. Who cares? It's called journalism. In order to catch attention, the headline has to be attention grabbing. This post was soo timely for HN: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1384994 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1384994 If the article was garbage, then yes I would agree with you. But who cares if he manipulates the headline to get attention. The next time you write a blog post, or anything, that doesn't have an attention grabbing headline and gets a ton of traffic...please let us know.
- zach 16y agoIndulge me a Simpsons quote: Baby-Proofer: Your baby is dead! Homer and Marge: [horrified scream] Baby-Proofer: That's what you'd hear if your baby fell victim to one of the thousands of deathtraps lurking in the average American home! I would like to think that HN follows some of PG's taste for things, and none of his essays have "Your Baby Is Dead" style titles, even when the ideas inside are provocative. I think there's a line to draw, even though nobody is ever going to agree, but that's the way social norms are.
- kn0thing 16y agoHe's indeed CEO now, but the message to the VCs is that this appears to be a deliberate desparation move to find a suitor (remember we're post series C now) by bolting on the hot new things of the last year -- as opposed to the innovation that got digg to their titan status of years ago.