[pvsnp]

I came to say exactly this. TechCrunch's constant dramas feel like I'm watching a soap opera of some sort in the name of getting more viewers. I go to a 'news' site to read news and maybe some opinion pieces every once in a while. But, TechCrunch's language and these frequent diatribes are not journalistic whatever Arrington says.

[jwr]

Fully agreed. Which leaves me slightly annoyed each time HN falls for it and pumps TechCrunch to the top of HN.

And then I can't refrain from posting about it, and then I lose karma because people tell me I can just ignore those headlines and scroll by. Not so, people — yes, I can try to ignore those dramas, but I feel like they take away a little bit of our hacker souls each time they make it to the top.

[j_baker]

I don't think an article going to the top of HN means "We as a community agree with this." Rather, I think it means "We as a community think this is worth reading and/or discussing." And many of TechCrunch's articles, while being of questionable journalistic value (and that's being generous), they sometimes are worth reading and discussing.

Like this one. I think that Arrington is acting like a 10 year old, but I also think his post is worth reading and discussing.