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I wasn't disagreeing with you, they do try to sell sex and publish silly articles often, but I do think some of those are interesting and telling of an industry

by zmitri 13y ago

I wasn't disagreeing with you, they do try to sell sex and publish silly articles often, but I do think some of those are interesting and telling of an industry that no one else really hits on. The article about Prim for example I think makes a good point. Also note that TechCrunch gave them a 1000 word review -- that's quite telling to me as it sounds as though YC might have an arrangement with TechCrunch. The personal profiles, while tacky as hell, do also show you that folks who are all for disruption and who some look up to, are also just regular people. I also noticed this on the Path article -- http://bioischanged.com/user/davemorin http://bioischanged.com/user/davemorin which is actually quite interesting to me. Again, I totally get the ban, and I agree they publish filth, but I have to say, they do cut through a lot of other valley red tape that others don't.

wikiburner 13y ago
I see your point, and I don't mean to beat you up about it. I guess my only other question is how can you trust a word they print? With the legal standard of libel so high for public figures, and their tendency (in my opinion) to willfully misrepresent, it just seems like a waste of time - like reading the National Enquirer at the checkout line for updates on the whereabouts of Bigfoot. I'd rather read a novel or catch up on Breaking Bad. I also don't think Valleywag has a monopoly on looking critically at Silicon Valley and startups like Prim. I've seen plenty of critical items on startups of that nature in both blogs and mainstream tech reporting, many of them featured prominently here on Hacker News. The reason Valleywag has this rep as a critical eye on S.V. is because it is uniformly, hyperbolically negative. Check out some of their now embarrassing past coverage on SpaceX and Tesla. I'm guessing they don't cover them much anymore. Valleywag is the web-embodiment of a bitter, know-it-all drunk heckling CNN at the bar all day.

by zmitri 13y ago

wikiburner 13y ago

I see your point, and I don't mean to beat you up about it. I guess my only other question is how can you trust a word they print? With the legal standard of libel so high for public figures, and their tendency (in my opinion) to willfully misrepresent, it just seems like a waste of time - like reading the National Enquirer at the checkout line for updates on the whereabouts of Bigfoot. I'd rather read a novel or catch up on Breaking Bad. I also don't think Valleywag has a monopoly on looking critically at Silicon Valley and startups like Prim. I've seen plenty of critical items on startups of that nature in both blogs and mainstream tech reporting, many of them featured prominently here on Hacker News. The reason Valleywag has this rep as a critical eye on S.V. is because it is uniformly, hyperbolically negative. Check out some of their now embarrassing past coverage on SpaceX and Tesla. I'm guessing they don't cover them much anymore. Valleywag is the web-embodiment of a bitter, know-it-all drunk heckling CNN at the bar all day.