No no; you missed the point entirely. The site (let's just call it a joke, shall we?) is a direct swipe at MA for his behaviour towards Blaine Cook as written here. The joke is only funny if a.) you read that article and found it to be excessively harsh/trolling, and b.) you are aware of istwitterdown.com. Otherwise it could be seen as just a childish name-calling exercise, (well, it still is that) rather than an intentional joke that not everyone will get.
2008-04-28EDT08:22:57+00:00
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I didn't miss the point. I used the Blaine Cook/IsMikeArringtonADick incident to explain why I don't read TechCrunch. Arrington's treatment of Blaine Cook is the latest in a long line of fairly nauseating actions from Arrington.
Nauseating incidents may be acceptable if TechCrunch were good the rest of the time - but it's not. It's dull, and in the coverage of Web 2.0 / Silicon Valley startups, Arrington doesn't add much value compared to any other blogger - certainly not enough to justify over 800,000 subscribers. The negative reaction that the Blaine Cook incident is bringing is - I'm hoping - going to reduce the importance of TechCrunch - which will be better for the web, since the selection pressure of getting covered on TechCrunch will be less valuable. Look back at the post on TechCrunch a while back about accessibility. Read the commens and think: is this the environment we want shaping the efforts of entrepreneurs and VCs? I vote no.
As for not everyone getting it? That's a risk I'm willing to take. This is a blog after all.
2008-04-28EDT12:45:26+00:00
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Nauseating incidents may be acceptable if TechCrunch were good the rest of the time - but it's not. It's dull, and in the coverage of Web 2.0 / Silicon Valley startups, Arrington doesn't add much value compared to any other blogger - certainly not enough to justify over 800,000 subscribers. The negative reaction that the Blaine Cook incident is bringing is - I'm hoping - going to reduce the importance of TechCrunch - which will be better for the web, since the selection pressure of getting covered on TechCrunch will be less valuable. Look back at the post on TechCrunch a while back about accessibility. Read the commens and think: is this the environment we want shaping the efforts of entrepreneurs and VCs? I vote no.
As for not everyone getting it? That's a risk I'm willing to take. This is a blog after all.
