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Ask HN: Do you think TechCrunch generate this Pump/Dump effect?

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Does anyone else feel that TechCrunch provide certain startups with more exposure than the rest. They get regular posts updates on their revenue, growth figures, traffic, etc. Then some time in the future, these startups almost certainly get acquired. Thought in stocks, it's call pump n dump.

Of course, the startups could be doing a much better job in engaging TechCrunch, etc.

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It doesn't matter anymore. The web 2.0 bubble is popping. Soon no one will care.

Look @ the trend for the startup news sites. It's downward, and broken key resistance levels.

http://siteanalytics.compete.com/techcrunch.com+mashable.com...

I'm a daytrader. It's how I self fund my bootstrapped web projects. A lot more daytraders are shifting from the tech space and piling onto resource stocks (base metals, commodities, precious metal). That's the new bubble. So even if a web 2.0 exits in an IPO, will there be demand for its paper, given the hysteria over resource plays?

Web 2.0 has jumped the shark.

TechCrunch is not worse or better than any other news source. They want to get traffic and to achieve that they cover what is interesting to their readers, namely innovation and successful startups. It's good for them to cover the most promising stories, preferably before competitors, to increase readership. TechCrunch and co are not corrupted, but their inboxes are overwhelmed with interesting stories. To sort through that they have only a few options:

1) They know you because you had success in the past 2) You were referred by someone they trust 3) Your story is compelling (with a bonus if you give them some kind of exclusivity)

The thing is, once you have achieved 1) and 2) you can consistently get covered much more easily. And it would appear that you get preferential treatment while in fact you built that reputation over time (often with a lot of hard work).

I think that readers want to be exposed to innovation more. For example, here's new startup, they come up with a new way to buy your next air ticket, etc. Or here's one way to sync your contacts between iPhone. I think readers would prefer that kind of news, it has primarily been the reason why we go online in the first place. Other than email and play game, is to learn and to research.

I can understand people tends to associate past success = future success (more often) and prefer to work with someone they trust. I guess can't do much that about that, other than building more awesome products and connecting with more people.

Yes. Quora is an excellent example. We've seen them all over TC to the point people were begging TC to stop..... http://alpha.beepl.com/question/when-is-techcrunch-going-to-...

Arrington divested himself of all his shares in tech companies.

While that may be true, I find the writing, editing and overall journalistic style to be a bit lacking.

Just in the last week I have read at least two articles with blatant spelling and other errors, as if not even the author proof read their work.

TechCrunch is great, but it is still fairly amateur - though I do value the site overall.

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