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Re: The REAL Problem with Mike Arrington and Robert Scoble…

Andrew Horowitz — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:49:46 -0000

You know, it seems that blogging has created a jungle of jackasses that are more interested in hits on site than quality of the message/topic. "Now I am a media personality"..thanks worpress, blogger, typepad and others.

I wanted to have Arrington on my podcast to discuss some tech issues that I thought would interest my listeners. I emailed 10 times, no response. Then one day, sent him and email re an AOL/YAHOO screenshot that showed an almost identical homepage design, thinking that an AOL/YAHOO deal could happen. HE REPSONDED within minutes with a quick note and link to a post showing me he had that same idea months before...Arrington 1, Horowitz 0, I suppose

Maybe as a youngster, someone was the last chosen for pickup baseball games??? Perhaps I got it wrong, but it seems that the some of the reasons for blogging has much to do with: LOOK AT ME! I am soooooo important and everyone needs to know what I am doing....

Like I need to know every breath and move on Twitter? Although I enjoyed Howard's Toilet Talk, that was essential reading.

[I have more friends on facebook than you do! I have more Jaiku followers than you do! I am important (even though I have no idea why these people with no lives are interested in me)]

Just look at me. Look at me...PLEASE LOOK AT ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I need you to tell me I am alright and that you love me...Facebook anyone?

Re: The REAL Problem with Mike Arrington and Robert Scoble…

howardlindzon — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:37:02 -0000

Dirk...i still like it for the most part. Even if its gossip started by
arrington, I can read someone I trust that's linked just to make sure.

Re: The REAL Problem with Mike Arrington and Robert Scoble…

dirk Petersen — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:28:07 -0000

he had a great post but it makes no difference whether it appears on techmeme. that site is full of so much self serving whining and garbage that it's totally irrelevant to all but the tiny circle jerk which infest it

Re: The REAL Problem with Mike Arrington and Robert Scoble…

dirk Petersen — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:25:49 -0000

hahahahahaha.

you naied it.

arrington & scoble...are there two more untalented blowhards in the blog universe. amazing that they've come to dominate the conversation. sigh. i suppose that's a talent.

but kudos to you for calling their BS

Re: The REAL Problem with Mike Arrington and Robert Scoble…

howardlindzon — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:44:03 -0000

If it is, should be worthy of a real name

Re: The REAL Problem with Mike Arrington and Robert Scoble…

mike not arrington — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:39:13 -0000

best post I've read since Uncov went dark....

I'm totally sick of the whining too. It's gotten to where to "michael arrington" is a verb - postulate for traffic and press then whine about the strings that come with it

Re: The REAL Problem with Mike Arrington and Robert Scoble…

KristianHansen — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:26:18 -0000

sorry forgot that

Re: The REAL Problem with Mike Arrington and Robert Scoble…

KristianHansen — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:21:03 -0000

I stand somewhat corrected. I liked it better before we had wikipedia. Ignorance is bliss.

Re: The REAL Problem with Mike Arrington and Robert Scoble…

anonymouse — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:20:14 -0000

Now what you need to do is emulate scobull properly, take the post back, admit you were wrong and promise never to do it again. Then repeat it in a week. That drives the hits up.

Re: The REAL Problem with Mike Arrington and Robert Scoble…

howardlindzon — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:18:49 -0000

How could Gore have created the internet...i did

Re: The REAL Problem with Mike Arrington and Robert Scoble…

Jeremy Toeman — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:16:54 -0000

he never took credit for creating the Internet either... http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

Re: The REAL Problem with Mike Arrington and Robert Scoble…

KristianHansen — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:09:01 -0000

Glad that Al Gore is not taking credit for creating the first blog.

Re: The REAL Problem with Mike Arrington and Robert Scoble…

Sramana Mitra — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:42:30 -0000

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Re: The REAL Problem with Mike Arrington and Robert Scoble…

howardlindzon — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:21:06 -0000

eric - i made it to the top one time the day after wallstrip. would be fun to get back one time more. than I can retire to blogging stocks again.

Re: The REAL Problem with Mike Arrington and Robert Scoble…

howardlindzon — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:19:21 -0000

Woooot. Scoble you need to go scoble 2.0 man. Way too nice.
Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

Re: The REAL Problem with Mike Arrington and Robert Scoble…

Eric — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:18:59 -0000

Congrats Howard you made Techmeme http://tinyurl.com/36wyu7

Re: The REAL Problem with Mike Arrington and Robert Scoble…

Scobleizer — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:14:06 -0000

You're on TechMeme with this post.

I love it when people feel entitled to attack my entitlements!

Re: The REAL Problem with Mike Arrington and Robert Scoble…

howardlindzon — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:13:45 -0000

paul - it's my toothaches...If this persists, my mother is next...

Re: The REAL Problem with Mike Arrington and Robert Scoble…

howardlindzon — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:12:58 -0000

I have liked alley insider here from day one. qualified writers there and henry has some huevos for writing and taking stands because no one gets more flamed with vitriol in the comments than he does. People have short memories about nerd stuff, but not money!

Re: The REAL Problem with Mike Arrington and Robert Scoble…

Paul Kedrosky — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:12:19 -0000

Howard, my friend, you need to stop holding back so much in these posts. No-one will know what you mean :-)

Re: The REAL Problem with Mike Arrington and Robert Scoble…

stevenloi — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:09:51 -0000

I remember one of the first WallStrip videos, Fred talks about Cramer, blogging, and TheStreet.com. I've also read Cramer's book in how he came up with and executed TheStreet.com (and the lessons he learned from it). Surely 2001 wasn't when blogging started to get rolling especially if Cramer was making a company rolling with all his subscription walls.

TechMeme and Silicon Alley Insider has taken more of my time this year.

Re: The REAL Problem with Mike Arrington and Robert Scoble…

howardlindzon — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:53:24 -0000

chartreuse has an excellent post as well that just went up - http://chartreuse.wordpress...

It's about a real discussion, not first, big boobies!!!!, this sucks, hope vc's die or your stock goes against you.

It's why I ant to build my community 1 at q tiime and make them feel at home to comment and be answered.

Unless they disagree...fuck em

Re: The REAL Problem with Mike Arrington and Robert Scoble…

scott crawford — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:49:13 -0000

Yeah bitch!!!

Re: The REAL Problem with Mike Arrington and Robert Scoble…

howardlindzon — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:36:45 -0000

I am just trying to get to the top of techmeme, something I could not do in the old days :)

Re: The REAL Problem with Mike Arrington and Robert Scoble…

howardlindzon — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:36:09 -0000

mulligan...start a golf blog

liking the conversation.

It's about attitude, gratitude and entitlement. the nerds are the only ones that have bad attitude, no gratitude and oodles of entitlement. That's the only bubble.

There is never a bubble in ideas.