[rafaelc]

"particularly when it comes from people whose livelihood depends on sounding like they know what they're talking about."

Maybe so. But it's also worth noting that guys like Chris Dixon from Hunch/Site Advisor (http://twitter.com/#!/cdixon/status/23788591968686080) and Vinicius Vacanti from Yipit (http://twitter.com/#!/vacanti/status/23852873972457472) liked the list, among others...