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Hold on. MG Siegler and Arrington were investors in Mailbox? This kind of conflict is really unacceptable. Bloggers need to get real about ethics if they want t
by joonix 14y ago
Hold on. MG Siegler and Arrington were investors in Mailbox? This kind of conflict is really unacceptable. Bloggers need to get real about ethics if they want to be taken seriously as journalists.
- untog 14y agoWelcome to the world of web journalism. Outfits like PandoDaily are funded by organisations that back the very startups PandoDaily writes about. Conflict? Psh!
- jrockway 14y agoNext you'll tell me that a startup incubator has their own news + commenting site. (Though I personally don't see the conflict.)
- untog 14y agoThere is an outside possibility that pg has rigged HN to give more upvotes to YC-funded companies. It just seems a little unlikely.
- mehrzad 14y agoYou can't know until he open sources it!
- Karunamon 14y agoIt is, minus the bits used for spam and vote abuse detection. http://arclanguage.org http://arclanguage.org http://ycombinator.com/arc/arc3.tar http://ycombinator.com/arc/arc3.tar
- larrys 14y agoI don't think it's rigged as much as human nature. From what I've heard the "admins" (unamed) control what hits the front page and how long it stays there to a certain extent. As such (also from what I've heard) if those admins are YC alumn they would tend to favor YC companies or might even know those people running those YC funded companies.
- 3pt14159 14y agoThis isn't the first time and it won't be the last. They do this constantly.
- whazzmaster 14y agoI don't think these people fancy themselves as journalists.
- heelhook 14y agoThe word "unacceptable" sounds strange in this sentence. It reminds me of PG's essay "Mind the gap"[0], where he discusses the use of the word "(un)fair" in the context of wealth creation and (income and otherwise) equality. I don't think "acceptable" applies in this particular context, as these are not journalists that have to obey a fixed set of rules and regulations, rather, they are people that will decide, out of their own set of standards and moral, completely subjective to the person. Ultimately, we have to vote with our eyeballs and clicks and, if you believe that a site/blogger does not match your values, simply don't read them. That said, its hard to get the masses off of bacon and fries, regardless of how bad they are for you. [0]: http://paulgraham.com/gap.html http://paulgraham.com/gap.html