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I am surprised by the fact that arrington allowed an article that criticizes tehcrunch for being hype machine (which it is). Regarding quora, yes it gets too m
by elvirs 16y ago
I am surprised by the fact that arrington allowed an article that criticizes tehcrunch for being hype machine (which it is).
Regarding quora, yes it gets too much techcrunch attention but it is not as flawed as the writer thinks, quora generates quality content thanks to its quality users, while quality may start to decline as number of users grows(something that happens to almost all startups) it is possible to prevent that to some extent with introduction of advanced peoplerank/answerrank algorithms.
Going back to techcrunch, yes it is a crappy place that religious fanboys (MG) write about twitter, iphone and foursquare (and now quora) 5 times a day and ex-alcoholics (Carr) makes fun of its readers.
- jerf 16y ago"while quality may start to decline as number of users grows... it is possible to prevent that to some extent with introduction of advanced peoplerank/answerrank algorithms." You say that as if it's some sort of established industry best practice and they just have to go yank the relevant open-source project off of Sourceforge, rather than something where only a handful of people at great and continuing effort have gotten up to "reasonably adequate", and the usual path for a site like this trying to pull this trick is simply to fail.
- js2 16y agoflagged for ad hominon attacks.
- Charuru 16y agoI am surprised by the fact that arrington allowed an article that criticizes tehcrunch for being hype machine (which it is). I doubt arrington views that as a bad thing.
- nhangen 16y agoI tend to think that this piece was posted so that TC could masterfully play both sides of the Quora debate, thus keeping it alive and us talking about both.
- zeemonkee 16y agoAgreed with you on the crappiness of Techcrunch. However it's a bit low calling someone out as an ex-alcoholic. Call him out on the quality and integrity of his articles by all means. But his alleged alcoholism - true or otherwise - is nobody's business but his and his family's.
- zeemonkee 16y agoAnd this gets a downvote why ?
- stanleydrew 16y agoFrom the guidelines: "Resist complaining about being downmodded. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading." http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- edanm 16y agoI disliked the comment as well. But I honestly think it's not as bad as you make it out to be. Remember, Paul Carr basically makes a living talking about himself, including talking (at length) about his antics, especially while drinking. He also publicly announced his decision to stop drinking, and brings it up quite a lot. I wouldn't go around referring to him as an ex-alcoholic, especially not in such a way, but Paul Carr has definitely made discussions of the subject relevant to more people than his immediate family.
- joe_the_user 16y agoWe should resist to the temptation to let "crapiness" be a regular part of our vocabulary.
- elvirs 16y agoyou made a genuine point, I stay corrected, thanks.
- nikcub 16y agoOnce a writer has credentials on Techcrunch, they can go in and write whatever they want. Posts are not reviewed. MA stresses that each writer has editorial independence, and there isn't a "techcrunch view" per se on any subject.
- PakG1 16y agoWhy is that surprising? I see lots of articles by them criticizing each other. Carr against Twitter, Vivek against Quora, Arrington against himself on Facebook privacy, etc, etc. It seems to me that all the bloggers there have a pretty long editorial leash, which admittedly would also include the fanboy stuff.