[Mystalic]

Mahmud,

I'm sorry that you feel betrayed by us. We strive hard to bring facts, accurate reporting, and unique insights into social media and beyond. However, we've been changing and expanding our coverage base, and it has changed our coverage scope.

If you ever want to call us out, just email me at [e-mail] with your thoughts. I am glad to take the criticism and try to make Mashable a better publication.

- Ben, Co-Editor

[allenbrunson]

i can't speak for mahmud, but i think i know what he's talking about.

one of our celebrity news.yc members happened to mention in passing that he regretted selling his startup to a large corporation. a couple of hours later, what do you know, that revelation has been turned into a post at mashable. not cool. the article was submitted to news.yc several times, and the editors had the good taste to kill it every time.

and the sad part is, it seems like something this particular celebrity is not shy about. so it seems like the right thing to do would be to contact him by email and ask for a statement. but that isn't what was done.

[Mystalic]

Fair enough; I know what situation you're talking about. While we were pursuing the story before other media orgs got to the story, I'm sorry that we hurt the YC community while doing it.

It will be kept in mind in the future - we love the YC community and the help it brings to entrepreneurs.

- Ben