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sigh TechCrunch is a whole bunch of trolls, but there aren't enough startup news sites. I read TechCrunch in my pile of feeds, but with a large grain of salt. I
by snprbob86 17y ago
sigh TechCrunch is a whole bunch of trolls, but there aren't enough startup news sites. I read TechCrunch in my pile of feeds, but with a large grain of salt. Is there a site which covers basically the same news, without the silly Twitter love fest, and with less asshole-ish editors?
I'd really love to see real journalists who believe in "be good" doing a solid site. If that were to happen, people could send their exclusives and firsts there to slowly put TechCrunch out of business.
- htsh 17y agoAgree wholeheartedly. Techcrunch has its faults, but its the only site doing what it does. To nerds who are used to civilized, crowd-moderated discussions on slashdot/reddit/HN, sites like TC and mashable look like big troll kingdoms, but we have to take what we get. The other thing worth noting is that outside of geek world, just about everything seems like troll kingdom. I want to puke when I see sites with millions of visitors but without threaded discussions, but its a sad reality and a slow process. The nerds are always ahead of the curve. The sad/funny thing is that slashdot didn't have these issues in the late 90's. In terms of a site that covers the same news without the dickishness, aren't we on it right now? This is the best startup-news site I've ever found. And when t/c posts something worth reading, its usually here within minutes.
- vyrotek 17y agoOh if only such a site existed... I would love to drop TechCrunch completely.
- ciscoriordan 17y agoVentureBeat (http://venturebeat.com http://venturebeat.com), Silicon Alley Insider (http://www.businessinsider.com/alleyinsider http://www.businessinsider.com/alleyinsider), and GigaOM (http://gigaom.com http://gigaom.com) are each high quality alternatives to TechCrunch.