Back in September 2005 9rules was featured on TechCrunch, but not in the cool way all Valleyites hope for. Back over a year ago, only a few months after launching our first site, many people were linking to 9rules in a manner of ways like 9Rules, 9 Rules, 9 rules, and so on. We thought we’d write a joking entry over at our blog to clear the situation up but many people thought we were being jerks, and after reading the entry over a few times I have to agree. Some things like sarcasm and a smile don’t translate well to the web, but the combination of saying something dumb and trying to be sarcastic just doesn’t work at all.
Reputation
Dead 2.0 Outed, Vindictive VCs Upset About Truth Peddling
Arrington notes that Skeptic, the brilliant Devil’s Advocate 2.0, has been identified (but without naming his/her name yet.) I’ll admit it, Dead 2.0 is my favorite “Web 2.0” blog right now and it’s because it mixes anecdotal humor, truthiness, and the right splash of exaggeration. I personally don’t care who writes it, I’ll still read it.
The problem with the current state of “Web 2.0” blogs is that many are afraid to actually speak their minds. I spoke my mind about the TechCrunch redesign back 4 months ago and now my comments are blacklisted at TechCrunch — price of my opinion I suppose. The problem is that everyone has a startup or a story they’re peddling to a bigger name blogger, so they have to watch what they say lest they upset the Web 2.0 gods and don’t get their hot product featurette.
Nick Douglas and Skeptic have upset the A-List brethren many times over, probably because nobody likes to hear the company they’re 1) starting, or 2) investing in sucks the big one and is worthless. I tend to get the most worked up about things I’m upset over, so that’s why I write more frequently about companies I think are doing things wrong rather than the ones that are doing things right.
I honestly don’t care who is writing Dead 2.0, why they decided to hide in the first place, or any other conspiracy theories — I just know that the author sees the Web industry the same way I see it, and I’ll always be a reader.
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Yellow Journalism In The Valley
You have to be fucking kidding me. How could BusinessWeek be so irresponsible as to write the most blatant of lies on the cover of their magazine?
How it happened:
1. People “in the know” estimate Digg’s worth at $200 million
2. Kevin owns approximately 30-40% of that imaginary figure
3. 30% of that imaginary figure equates to $60 million of imaginary money
Sure sounds like he made $60 million in 18 months to me….
Dave Winer To Quit Blogging But Screws Rogers Cadenhead In The Process
Dave Winer fires off an attorney nastygram to Rogers over some random bullshit that appears to be extremely petty now that Winer’s a millionaire. I hate this kind of stuff. You’d think that someone as well-known as Winer would know not to piss-off his audience on his farewell journey.
Winer says he’ll stop blogging by the end of this year, but I say, “why wait 9 months?”