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It would be wrong for Techcrunch to NOT publish this info, because by not publishing, it would simply circulate within the elite by other means. Techcrunch's fr
by programnature 17y ago
It would be wrong for Techcrunch to NOT publish this info, because by not publishing, it would simply circulate within the elite by other means. Techcrunch's friends, and any of the many companies with a stake in this, would find a way to get the info.
Its the little guy who is disadvantaged by this not coming out.
Whatever damage this leak has caused is not from TC publishing this, but from their negotiating partners getting this info. Which would happen no matter what TC did.
- hymanroth 17y agoSure, they did it to help the 'little guy'. Page views never entered the equation.
- trefn 17y agoWhat value is this information to the "little guy"? If the only value is "that's interesting" then essentially nothing.
- jpcx01 17y agoInteresting = value
- quizbiz 17y agointeresting != value. Consider the most boring class you took and how you later discovered it was all applicable.
- jpcx01 17y agoI never said it works in reverse. not interesting != not valuable Hoever... something thats interesting is valuable. Always. If you can capture mindshare, you can convert it to dollars. Plain and simple
- ahoyhere 17y agoI'm not sure where you're coming from with the position that "interesting = value." Just look at the top stories on Reddit and Digg (or MSM, for that matter). What tweaks the interesting receptors is often formulaic, sensationalistic, base, pablum.