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I respect your opinion. But that sounds a lot like conjecture. Ellis Hamburger is an employee of Verge with decent credentials. The article we're discussing als

I respect your opinion. But that sounds a lot like conjecture. Ellis Hamburger is an employee of Verge with decent credentials. The article we're discussing also looks like an original with their own source. I'm genuinely interested to see some examples of 'spammy' write-ups from The Verge. My understanding was Josh Topolsky started The Verge for the very reason that Engadget was becoming what you're describing; ie. No original write-ups and short summaries by freelance writers.

benologist 14y ago
Of course it's conjecture - there's no way to prove they didn't spot a trending topic and start firing up the content factory to capitalize on it by already churning out five articles on Google acquiring Sparrow. Here's a cute example of how high quality they are - they copied a paragraph from the email sent out to Sparrow users and describe it as: > We've just heard from Sparrow, and Dom Leca notably mentioned that the current Sparrow apps will receive no new features http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/20/3172222/google-buys-sparrow-mail/in/2936538 http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/20/3172222/google-buys-sparro...