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So let me get this straight. TC only covers startups that have raised money, and uses that as a metric for whether or not the story should be written?

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Actually, Alexia approached us months ago and had been converted into a believer! It's a pretty common story for us. People are grumpy about news apps because they've been frustrated in the past, then their friends share a bunch of interesting stuff from prismatic, then they give us a chance.

Well congrats, I'm glad to hear it. My co-founder uses your app every day and loves it.

My beef is that it seems TC always ties news to funding cycles, which IMO puts the focus on the wrong thing.

The author of this article injected herself into a good 30% of the story, so you shouldn't be surprised that ego is a big part of what gets published over there.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Journalism

Social proof is the most frequently used metric for everything in life.

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