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It seems to me this is just one big made up story. I seem to recall TechCrunch was one of the sites reporting these hyped up stories of someone successfully qui
by jsz0 17y ago
It seems to me this is just one big made up story. I seem to recall TechCrunch was one of the sites reporting these hyped up stories of someone successfully quitting their job to develop iPhone apps or a teenager making $20K a week. Now they're telling us not to believe the hype they helped create? Seems they're milking this thing for all its worth.
- zimbabwe 17y agoIn Drew Curtis's book It's Not News, It's Fark, he talks about how more than anything, the media loves talking about media, because they understand it the most. That means any huge story almost inevitably turns into reports of "Has the media gone too far?" and "What role do we have in stories' getting out of hand?" I see no reason why this wouldn't apply to mass-market tech blogs.