I'll return the volley one more time. If you want the last word it's yours, but I don't think either one of us wants this to go any farther. Like it or not, t

I'll return the volley one more time. If you want the last word it's yours, but I don't think either one of us wants this to go any farther. Like it or not, this site is at times as much about business as it is about hacking (see an Entrepreneur/Builder conversation vis a vis the top post on News.YC at the moment). That's owing to the culture PG has created by virtue of his writing. The fact that you don't like TechCrunch isn't the point. 3 million others do. So getting noticed -- or at least having the potential to get noticed -- on that scale is a great business/marketing feat for Dragicevic, Ramos, Bibliowicz, and the other professors behind DimP. At the very least a story like this is encouragement for the guys putting in thankless hours on a startup most of us will never see or hear about. And as for posting an "echo story" every time a service that's mentioned here ends up moving on to other mainstream outlets... of course I'm not for it. Not at all. But you make it sound like getting picked up by big bloggers happens every day (or even every week) around here. For better or worse it's just not that frequent. So I believe this one had merit. That's why I shared. I know you have solid intentions and I admire your inclination to defend the HN community from what you interpret as a potential threat. I don't agree here, but I understand your position.