Maybe the equation is that TechCrunch articles about startup funding get more "help" from those startups on sites like HN/Reddit, thus they get much more exposu

Maybe the equation is that TechCrunch articles about startup funding get more "help" from those startups on sites like HN/Reddit, thus they get much more exposure, thus more views. This is an amazing analysis. Thank you. I really enjoyed the aggregated "x for y" headlines.