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Paying For Downloads Is Lame, And We Had No Idea Were Doing It

13 points by kunle 14y ago

cynwoody 14y ago
It's looking like they changed the link after you posted, changing "sorry" to "were-sorry". http://techcrunch.com/2012/12/21/were-sorry-mike-were-also-ashamed/ http://techcrunch.com/2012/12/21/were-sorry-mike-were-also-a...
danoprey 14y ago
Is there a Chrome extension to block TC and PD posts from HN?
- roopeshv 14y ago
  https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hackernew/lgoghlndihpmbbgmbpjohilcphbfhddd https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hackernew/lgoghlnd... filter techcrunch.com
  - danoprey 14y ago
    Look perfect, thanks. Being an idiot and can't see where the filter is, though.
    - shadeless 14y ago
      Just open HN with extension installed, filters link should appear in upper right corner - http://i.imgur.com/ukh9e.png http://i.imgur.com/ukh9e.png
      - danoprey 14y ago
        Perfect, thanks a lot.
    - roopeshv 14y ago
      on the front page, there's a 'x' next to articles, to filter against websites, and usernames
davidpayne11 14y ago
This must be crazy - CEO, COO, Director of Product for a fucking Wordpress blog? are you kidding me?? Techcrunch at the end of the day is a Wordpress blog. It could be justified atleast if they were covering international news, but they are focused mostly on Start-up stuff (that too only the big guys) and mos, if not just Apple. >Because straight up paying for downloads, or traffic, to a blog is insidious Yeah right, biased, manipulative, colored, Apple-sponsored journalism isn't insidious, but paying for traffic is. Stop acting so surprised TC.
- pretoriusB 14y ago
  >Techcrunch at the end of the day is a Wordpress blog. Yes, you know, like Whitehouse.gov is just a Wordpress blog at the end of the day. What do they need a president and a country for? The thing is, the blogging technology doesn't matter. And the fact that it's a blog doesn't matter much either -- as blogs can make from $0 to hundreds of millions of dollars annually. >Yeah right, biased, manipulative, colored, Apple-sponsored journalism isn't insidious, but paying for traffic is. Never like TC, but ..."Apple-sponsored"? TC? Of all tech outlets out there? (That said, I doubt even one blog or news site is indeed "Apple-sponsored", including Daring Fireball. And if the US had proper anti-defamation laws, people would have found that out in a painful way).
  - nowarninglabel 14y ago
    Whitehouse.gov runs on Drupal, not Wordpress.
    - pretoriusB 14y ago
      The argument remains though...
- aaronbrethorst 14y ago
  The technology is irrelevant. It's what you do with it that matters.
zainny 14y ago
TechCrunch seems to exist only to provide a never-ending stream of manufactured drama. Let's try and keep their drivel off HN ey?
adventured 14y ago
Lame? Like paying for customers to use your service for 'free' for 30 days to try it out is lame, because you're paying for use? After all, quality services never have to do that. It's only lame in a very particular echo chamber.

13 points by kunle 14y ago

It's looking like they changed the link after you posted, changing "sorry" to "were-sorry". http://techcrunch.com/2012/12/21/were-sorry-mike-were-also-ashamed/ http://techcrunch.com/2012/12/21/were-sorry-mike-were-also-a...

danoprey 14y ago

Is there a Chrome extension to block TC and PD posts from HN?

roopeshv 14y ago
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hackernew/lgoghlndihpmbbgmbpjohilcphbfhddd https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hackernew/lgoghlnd... filter techcrunch.com
- danoprey 14y ago
  Look perfect, thanks. Being an idiot and can't see where the filter is, though.
  - shadeless 14y ago
    Just open HN with extension installed, filters link should appear in upper right corner - http://i.imgur.com/ukh9e.png http://i.imgur.com/ukh9e.png
    - danoprey 14y ago
      Perfect, thanks a lot.
  - roopeshv 14y ago
    on the front page, there's a 'x' next to articles, to filter against websites, and usernames

davidpayne11 14y ago

This must be crazy - CEO, COO, Director of Product for a fucking Wordpress blog? are you kidding me?? Techcrunch at the end of the day is a Wordpress blog. It could be justified atleast if they were covering international news, but they are focused mostly on Start-up stuff (that too only the big guys) and mos, if not just Apple. >Because straight up paying for downloads, or traffic, to a blog is insidious Yeah right, biased, manipulative, colored, Apple-sponsored journalism isn't insidious, but paying for traffic is. Stop acting so surprised TC.

pretoriusB 14y ago
>Techcrunch at the end of the day is a Wordpress blog. Yes, you know, like Whitehouse.gov is just a Wordpress blog at the end of the day. What do they need a president and a country for? The thing is, the blogging technology doesn't matter. And the fact that it's a blog doesn't matter much either -- as blogs can make from $0 to hundreds of millions of dollars annually. >Yeah right, biased, manipulative, colored, Apple-sponsored journalism isn't insidious, but paying for traffic is. Never like TC, but ..."Apple-sponsored"? TC? Of all tech outlets out there? (That said, I doubt even one blog or news site is indeed "Apple-sponsored", including Daring Fireball. And if the US had proper anti-defamation laws, people would have found that out in a painful way).
- nowarninglabel 14y ago
  Whitehouse.gov runs on Drupal, not Wordpress.
  - pretoriusB 14y ago
    The argument remains though...
aaronbrethorst 14y ago
The technology is irrelevant. It's what you do with it that matters.

zainny 14y ago

TechCrunch seems to exist only to provide a never-ending stream of manufactured drama. Let's try and keep their drivel off HN ey?

adventured 14y ago

Lame? Like paying for customers to use your service for 'free' for 30 days to try it out is lame, because you're paying for use? After all, quality services never have to do that. It's only lame in a very particular echo chamber.