>A lot of these articles give me this vibe. So what if a competing technology is "bad". What does the author get out of saying "X technology is the best and Y i

>A lot of these articles give me this vibe. So what if a competing technology is "bad". What does the author get out of saying "X technology is the best and Y is fail"? Are these guys now thought leaders? I think it has something to do with signaling expertise, often for purposes of self-branding.