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benologist · 2013-08-23 03:43:31+00:00

This year will be remembered as the first year TechCrunch failed to break any major stories.

overcast | karma 8759 | avg karma 2.69 · | 2017-08-06 20:00:19+00:00

TechCrunch hasn't been relevant for years.

benologist | karma 12061 | avg karma 2.51 · | 2013-09-06 20:09:50+00:00

TechCrunch are nothings now. This year every major story has gone through AllThingsD and other sources, with TechCrunch rushing to post a rewrite.

All they have left is soft-serve YC press releases, major startups posting minor updates, and generic shit like the rest of AOL's content farm churns out.

I won't be at all surprised when next year they announce TechCrunch is re-launching as a category on Engadget who are actively pursuing startups and are much better at spewing out rewordings and zero-impact articles.

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Twirrim | karma 9819 | avg karma 4.87 · | 2014-04-25 14:55:58+00:00

People actually expect decent journalism from Techcrunch?

Huh. They've been barely keeping it above the gutter several for years.

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quellhorst | karma 2172 | avg karma 4.11 · | 2009-05-25 10:58:58+00:00

The last useful techcrunch article I recall was them covering the youtube website before anyone else.

zaidf | karma 6792 | avg karma 3.19 · | 2007-05-23 20:42:57

Nothing like TechCrunch.

chinmoy | karma 1534 | avg karma 12.68 · | 2012-09-30 12:11:29

Then again since when TechCrunch really practiced journalism?

pavs | karma 7962 | avg karma 4.53 · | 2010-02-06 04:57:25+00:00

TechCrunch Fail again.

unreal37 | karma 6746 | avg karma 3.3 · | 2014-05-17 22:35:21

It's techcrunch, not journalism.

pramit | karma 125 | avg karma 0.71 · | 2009-02-25 12:06:33+00:00

Techcrunch tried but couldn't become the Red Herring of web 2.0. Nowhere near.

badgar | karma 595 | avg karma 3.34 · | 2013-02-23 17:45:37

TechCrunch is not an example of quality journalism. Much the opposite.

tomnipotent | karma 4025 | avg karma 2.28 · | 2019-01-10 04:32:22+00:00

TechCrunch lost credibility a loooong time ago (well before being sold to AOL). It's safe to ignore any drivel it publishes.

dhotson | karma 8253 | avg karma 9.11 · | 2008-05-30 03:38:34+00:00

I stopped taking TechCrunch seriously a long time ago.

Absolutely no journalistic integrity.. even for blogging standards.

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thwarted | karma 4808 | avg karma 2.06 · | 2009-09-14 00:09:19+00:00

It's only ever mentioned for a month, and it was called "Techcrunch 40" in 2007, which was its first year.

Raphael | karma 2770 | avg karma 1.76 · | 2009-07-03 19:25:22

TechCrunch probably couldn't sell enough ad space this year.

NickSharp | karma 317 | avg karma 5.2 · | 2013-11-19 00:51:09

When was the last time techcrunch posted something worth reading?

ssx | karma 46 | avg karma 1.44 · | 2012-02-10 10:14:14+00:00

Is Techcrunch pissed they didn't break this story?

elmyraduff | karma 288 | avg karma 14.4 · | 2015-04-30 02:29:21

I remember last year Techcrunch was publishing story over story about Secret, mostly as uninteresting as 'Secret app has an update and now it remembers where you left off'. And there was always someone commenting on the article 'Techcrunch stop trying to make Secret happen, it is not gonna happen.'

That artificial media boost brought users and huge expectations, but users did not stick.

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ekianjo | karma 34827 | avg karma 2.44 · | 2015-07-10 04:20:30+00:00

Its techcrunch, expectations are low to begin with.

crystaln | karma 1635 | avg karma 2.87 · | 2018-01-15 18:09:26+00:00

Yeah TechCrunch has really passed it's heydey.