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Long time ago. Probably 2008. I am pretty sure most people are submitting techcrunch articles just for karma points. That and they come standard with aggress
by chailatte 16y ago
Long time ago. Probably 2008.
I am pretty sure most people are submitting techcrunch articles just for karma points. That and they come standard with aggressive linkbaiting headlines.
- dotBen 16y agoAbout 6 months ago I did an "Ask HN" post about noticing that 50% of the TC urls submitted to HN were coming from the same 4-5 individuals. It may even be interns at TC submitting them.
- adsr 16y agoLinkbait indeed. It seems like a pretty common tactic on some blogs. I find it mildly disturbing since the same blogs often look down on trolling, when in reality, an argument could be made that they are actually part of the problem.
- desigooner 16y agoHe claims that this article is relevant as Lady Gaga is a startup and so is Apple (i kid you not)....
- svrs 16y agoI've had to start double-checking links posted to HN to make sure I don't accidentally get lead to TC.
- OoTheNigerian 16y agoI don't really need Karma points for anything. Maybe I should just have written a 2 sentence post with the submission title and put a link to the TC article. I just thought this was shorter.
- IsaacL 16y agoI can vouch that I know Oo personally, and he didn't submit this for easy karma. Not sure why he did submit it, though...
- OoTheNigerian 16y agoNot sure why he did submit it, though... Maybe the frustration knowing that I will never get my 5 mins back and hoping that the guys at TC get the feedback. :)