TechCrunch Commentors : Your idiots!
Over on TechCrunch (my favourite blog) there is a post regarding Jason Calacanis (an entrepreneur I really admire) switching from blogging to email. I was totally surprised by the comments left on this particular post, most were really negative aimed directly at Calacanis or why TechCrunch published the post in the first place. I never quite seem to understand the logic of these people, instead of moving on to the next post they preferred to waste a minute or two of their time to leave a negative comment. From what I have read so far, this is the primary reason Jason decided to move his blog posts to private email.
This comment in particular made me crack up:
why do people listen to this guy so much? He sold a company to AOL for 30 million and suddenly becomes super internet star.
Then he started a wikipedia knockoff/SEO play called mahalo(which no one uses).
I suppose he’s good at making noise. He seems to be more busy trying to show his face everywhere rather than running a company.
This commenter answered his own question as to why people listen to “this guy”:
He sold a company for $30million - Come on dude, 30 fucking million! I don’t know about you, but I consider $30million for a project a HUGE success!
He’s starting new projects - This is what I really admire about this guy. He’s not sitting on a yacht drinking ice tea, he’s busy working on new projects - He’s got the get up and go that so many people lack.
He’s good at making noise - And that’s a bad thing? Come on…
He’s more busy trying to show his face… PR baby, it’s a powerful tool.
Well, the Techcrunch community is made up of some ill minded people who cant see others going up in rankings. I have too posted some positive comments in TC but always have to face wrath of these people. I guess they consider themselves more intellectual that any one else.
Moreover if you do a research on TC fan following then you will find that there are more numbers of people who simply hate Mike Arrington than people who admire him.
You are certainly right, most people can’t take it when other’s are successful… jealously maybe?