If you find yourself feeling a sense of smugness when reading this kind of stuff, perhaps it's time to evaluate your own insecurities. I so want to believe tha

If you find yourself feeling a sense of smugness when reading this kind of stuff, perhaps it's time to evaluate your own insecurities. I so want to believe that someday the rubbernecking at failed startups will wear off. Whenever I see these articles, my first thought is always "who cares?" It's no secret that startup founders are an odd bunch in general who want to succeed at all costs, and then we're surprised when some small % of them end up making up BS and getting caught? Small-time scams are happening constantly all over the world, it simply isn't interesting. But I guess a fancy webpage and graphics can make it seem interesting. The Verge seems to really love this stuff. I was a long-time reader before they started diving headlong into hit pieces on startups because they realized it was good clickbait. Blah blah public interest, but most of the companies they do hit pieces on hadn't even lasted long enough to make any market impact whatsoever. I haven't heard of Oomba, I bet you haven't either, and I bet you couldn't find 5 friends who had. Might be time to read the story of Apple's very first deal, and imagine a blogging/clickbait environment that tore down Jobs as a result. Talk is cheap.