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I find nothing wrong with challenging a successful member of the blogging community. Just because the guy started blogging a few years ago and has a successful

I find nothing wrong with challenging a successful member of the blogging community. Just because the guy started blogging a few years ago and has a successful startup does not mean that everything he says is always right. The other points are spot on though.

tptacek 17y ago
Sometimes, taking on someone like Jason or Graham or Spolsky just comes across like coattail-riding. It's not that it's wrong to challenge them; it's that the mere fact that you're standing up to them shouldn't be the value proposition of your post.
- swombat 17y ago
  I don't think Dave needs to "stand up to Jason or Graham or Spolsky" to give more value to his opinion. He's got enough star power by himself, though oddly the people posting on here at the moment seem to be blind to it. See http://500hats.typepad.com/500blogs/about-dave-mcclure.html http://500hats.typepad.com/500blogs/about-dave-mcclure.html
  - tptacek 17y ago
    Meh, you're probably right. I'm just saying, edw's point doesn't require us to believe that we should back down to "authorities".
  - edw519 17y ago
    oddly the people posting on here at the moment seem to be blind to it Thank you. I was blind, but now I can see... Dave barely graduated from the Johns Hopkins University in 1988, with a BS in Mathematical Sciences Engineering and a minor in frisbee, billiards, and foosball. Foosball? I had no idea. I take it all back. In the future all disagreements between foosball players should be settled on the table where they belong. Does Jason play?
    - danielzarick 17y ago
      Fully agreed on this. Foosball, boxing, or ping pong.
    - jfager 17y ago
      You're highlighting the throwaway line about 20 years ago at the end of a lengthy and impressive resume. I appreciate that you disagree with him, but that seems like a cheap shot.
      - edw519 17y ago
        I wasn't joking. I'd love to play any of these guys in foosball. For geeks, foosball is like golf for executives or football for Kennedys. I like how a 20 year old "throwaway line" can still bring us together. The only cheap shot intended here was my bank shot off my opponent's 3 man and into his goal.
  - ErrantX 17y ago
    Dave doesn't appear as eloquent as J,G&S so that probably explains why he looks like an upstart ranter by comparison.
- chaosprophet 17y ago
  The thing is he might have actually made some good points in his post. Him typing out something like that doesn't really encourage people to read the entire post. I didn't read the entire post, and I'm guessing a lot of others did not too. So while it may appear to be coattail-riding, it may actually not be (not that the author helps his case much).
- weaksauce 17y ago
  I didn't read that at all from the guys post. While the guy did slam Jason, he also rebutted his claims of a VC controlled acquisition.

tptacek 17y ago

Sometimes, taking on someone like Jason or Graham or Spolsky just comes across like coattail-riding. It's not that it's wrong to challenge them; it's that the mere fact that you're standing up to them shouldn't be the value proposition of your post.

swombat 17y ago
I don't think Dave needs to "stand up to Jason or Graham or Spolsky" to give more value to his opinion. He's got enough star power by himself, though oddly the people posting on here at the moment seem to be blind to it. See http://500hats.typepad.com/500blogs/about-dave-mcclure.html http://500hats.typepad.com/500blogs/about-dave-mcclure.html
- tptacek 17y ago
  Meh, you're probably right. I'm just saying, edw's point doesn't require us to believe that we should back down to "authorities".
- edw519 17y ago
  oddly the people posting on here at the moment seem to be blind to it Thank you. I was blind, but now I can see... Dave barely graduated from the Johns Hopkins University in 1988, with a BS in Mathematical Sciences Engineering and a minor in frisbee, billiards, and foosball. Foosball? I had no idea. I take it all back. In the future all disagreements between foosball players should be settled on the table where they belong. Does Jason play?
  - danielzarick 17y ago
    Fully agreed on this. Foosball, boxing, or ping pong.
  - jfager 17y ago
    You're highlighting the throwaway line about 20 years ago at the end of a lengthy and impressive resume. I appreciate that you disagree with him, but that seems like a cheap shot.
    - edw519 17y ago
      I wasn't joking. I'd love to play any of these guys in foosball. For geeks, foosball is like golf for executives or football for Kennedys. I like how a 20 year old "throwaway line" can still bring us together. The only cheap shot intended here was my bank shot off my opponent's 3 man and into his goal.
- ErrantX 17y ago
  Dave doesn't appear as eloquent as J,G&S so that probably explains why he looks like an upstart ranter by comparison.
chaosprophet 17y ago
The thing is he might have actually made some good points in his post. Him typing out something like that doesn't really encourage people to read the entire post. I didn't read the entire post, and I'm guessing a lot of others did not too. So while it may appear to be coattail-riding, it may actually not be (not that the author helps his case much).
weaksauce 17y ago
I didn't read that at all from the guys post. While the guy did slam Jason, he also rebutted his claims of a VC controlled acquisition.