There was a period for me around 2008 where Mashable was one of my go-to sites for tech news. It was like a more fun, less grumpy version of TechCrunch. And the

There was a period for me around 2008 where Mashable was one of my go-to sites for tech news. It was like a more fun, less grumpy version of TechCrunch. And then over time I read it less and less, until one day I realized that my Facebook feed was a good 60% non-tech click bait posts from Mashable. I unliked their page, and that was the end of my relationship with them. The problem was that I think they were always a bit me too in their coverage from the start. Even in their tech news days, they were never quite on top of startup news like TechCrunch. It's not a surprise that they also got lost chasing after BuzzFeed as well.