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Because writing for TechCrunch is really changing the world. I'm waiting for the "Memo to TechCrunch: you're supposed to do serious journalism, remember?"

by smiler 17y ago

jasonlbaptiste 17y ago
my downvote button is disabled since I submitted the article, please do the honors for me. thanks. (referring to troll comment above)
- johnnybgoode 17y ago
  Maybe you should've specified which comment you wanted people to downvote, because everyone seems to be downvoting your comment! ;) Edit: I was just joking; I didn't expect you'd actually add that last line. I think everyone knew what you meant.
jpwagner 17y ago
This article refers to the judges' opinions. Your rebuttal is ad hominem (DH1: http://www.paulgraham.com/disagree.html http://www.paulgraham.com/disagree.html).
- Radix 17y ago
  Lets try to rewrite the gp's post as DH5. Also, someone fix the parents score. Ad-hominem posts should be discouraged. The author thinks start-ups should change the world. She's mistaken. Start-ups are businesses, they're meant to support the owners, provide services or goods, and feed families. If the owners manage to sell for some multiple of what they would have made working during that same time frame, Great. That's all that is needed. Her call for start-ups to be swinging for the fences is as well founded as I would be in calling for her, as a journalist, to go report on something that really "matters", something that could cause a "positive" change, something with at least as much impact as jgrahamc's petition (edit: just reread this, I am not knocking the petition, just setting a bar. I was impressed.). It's she who chose start-ups, they're just business men, engineers, and programmers, they don't owe TC. And besides, how does the following work exactly? TC chose the attendees, and now they pass the blame. I don’t say this to knock the conference or the selections we made. But the truth is I heard it too consistently backstage to ignore it. To be fair, we’re at that point in the start-up cycle where this is to be expected. (I like the idea of labeling posts against Paul's system. I think it would make the only useful meme I have ever known.)
  - dkersten 17y ago
    Maybe each comment should have a list where you can mark posts using that system.
mynameishere 17y ago
Because apples are oranges. I'm waiting for the "Memo to apples: Yo, where's the citrusy appeal that I've come to expect from oranges?" Seriously, that a commentator wouldn't succeed in a particular field doesn't give absolution to those in said field. A journalist is not an entrepreneur. No crap.
- deleted 17y ago
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Because writing for TechCrunch is really changing the world. I'm waiting for the "Memo to TechCrunch: you're supposed to do serious journalism, remember?"

by smiler 17y ago

Because writing for TechCrunch is really changing the world. I'm waiting for the "Memo to TechCrunch: you're supposed to do serious journalism, remember?"

jasonlbaptiste 17y ago

my downvote button is disabled since I submitted the article, please do the honors for me. thanks. (referring to troll comment above)

johnnybgoode 17y ago
Maybe you should've specified which comment you wanted people to downvote, because everyone seems to be downvoting your comment! ;) Edit: I was just joking; I didn't expect you'd actually add that last line. I think everyone knew what you meant.

jpwagner 17y ago

This article refers to the judges' opinions. Your rebuttal is ad hominem (DH1: http://www.paulgraham.com/disagree.html http://www.paulgraham.com/disagree.html).

Radix 17y ago
Lets try to rewrite the gp's post as DH5. Also, someone fix the parents score. Ad-hominem posts should be discouraged. The author thinks start-ups should change the world. She's mistaken. Start-ups are businesses, they're meant to support the owners, provide services or goods, and feed families. If the owners manage to sell for some multiple of what they would have made working during that same time frame, Great. That's all that is needed. Her call for start-ups to be swinging for the fences is as well founded as I would be in calling for her, as a journalist, to go report on something that really "matters", something that could cause a "positive" change, something with at least as much impact as jgrahamc's petition (edit: just reread this, I am not knocking the petition, just setting a bar. I was impressed.). It's she who chose start-ups, they're just business men, engineers, and programmers, they don't owe TC. And besides, how does the following work exactly? TC chose the attendees, and now they pass the blame. I don’t say this to knock the conference or the selections we made. But the truth is I heard it too consistently backstage to ignore it. To be fair, we’re at that point in the start-up cycle where this is to be expected. (I like the idea of labeling posts against Paul's system. I think it would make the only useful meme I have ever known.)
- dkersten 17y ago
  Maybe each comment should have a list where you can mark posts using that system.

mynameishere 17y ago

Because apples are oranges. I'm waiting for the "Memo to apples: Yo, where's the citrusy appeal that I've come to expect from oranges?" Seriously, that a commentator wouldn't succeed in a particular field doesn't give absolution to those in said field. A journalist is not an entrepreneur. No crap.

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