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>Arrington did a media startup, cashed out and was going to run a VC fund. What's wrong with that? The details in between are what matter. I think most people
by diogenescynic 15y ago
>Arrington did a media startup, cashed out and was going to run a VC fund. What's wrong with that?
The details in between are what matter. I think most people are just put off by his constant need to interject himself into the stories.
- nl 15y agoCan you relate some examples that you found off putting? I thought - for example - the whole CrunchPad thing was quite interesting. It was an interesting product, and the posts gave a lot of insight into how hardware businesses worked.
- jarek 15y agoWhat did you make of the Last.fm story?
- nl 15y agoThey published a story they got from a source, which turned out to be (mostly) wrong. References: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/20/did-lastfm-just-hand-over-user-listening-data-to-the-riaa/ http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/20/did-lastfm-just-hand-ov... http://blog.last.fm/2009/02/23/techcrunch-are-full-of-shit http://blog.last.fm/2009/02/23/techcrunch-are-full-of-shit http://techcrunch.com/2009/05/22/deny-this-lastfm/ http://techcrunch.com/2009/05/22/deny-this-lastfm/ I don't see how that is Arrington's "need to interject himself into the stories"
- jarek 15y agoI found their reporting of the story very off-putting. To be more precise, it was a hatchet job.
- diogenescynic 15y agoThe CrunchPad, 'Angle-gate', all of his squabbling with Calancanis, fighting with Josh Topolsky. He is a diva and doesn't deserve the attention he gets.