Why do people get so excited over Arrington? Seriously, why do we hackers have to read about a lawyer-turned-blogger, his poor journalistic practices, his failed enterprises, his likes and dislikes?
TechCrunch is the tabloid version of tech news. Apart from the drama factor (same as for tabloids), I just don't see how it is relevant to make it to the top of Hacker News so often.
TechCrunch is neither a traditional news organization nor a tabloid. It really is a blog and practices what I heard Jeff Jarvis call "process journalism":
Adding to Arrington's likes and dislikes- and having read that "timeline", I felt that it missed out on a lot of things:
a)when Arrington got out of bed today, what was the startup he was thinking about? Was he thinking of the same startup,or a different startup in the loo?
b)What did he eat for breakfast today?
c)What does he intend to have for lunch?
Everyone on HN MUST know these things!
I mean EVERYONE.
TechCrunch is the tabloid version of tech news. Apart from the drama factor (same as for tabloids), I just don't see how it is relevant to make it to the top of Hacker News so often.