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Sun, 06 Nov 2005 02:09:36 +0000

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By: Adam Bramwell

Adam Bramwell — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 01:22:14 +0000

Michael, that was a nicely crafted response of yours, keep up the good work

By: Podtech.net: InfoTalk Podcast Series

Podtech.net: InfoTalk Podcast Series — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 08:04:27 +0000

[...] Gabe kept his project top secret from most of the world up til last month and now it’s changing how people consume the web. Recently Dave Winer called his product an innovation that is changine the web. This week Mike Arrington at TechCrunch was publically called out over a post on memeorandum by a paid consultant to memeorandums competitor (btw: that no one has heard of until now - that consultant should pay Mike). Mike then responded. [...]

By: Chris Law

Chris Law — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 02:48:18 +0000

I have to say that I think that Ken starting this furor has given his client more traffic and attention than they would have otherwise.

Here’s my cynical bravo to you!

By: Ramana Kovi

Ramana Kovi — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 20:40:14 +0000

Iam not sure where Ken is coming from. If you read Blogniscient vs Memeorandum post, Mike gave his personal opinion not a review. If you dont like what Mike wrote about your product, find out what Mike likes about Memeorandum as a constructive input to better your product. In my personal opinion, Mike is more than fair irrespective whether Gabe lives in the same house or not.

By: DisketteRoulette

DisketteRoulette — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 17:32:00 +0000

I was very disappointed by the the Blogniscient/Memeorandum post. I do not use either site, but I read TechCrunch all the time.

I distinguish between sites that intend to provide information (ex. DownloadSquad.com) vs. personal blogs that can be loaded with opinion and cronyism. I go to sites of the former type for early information about upcoming products and sites. While TechCrunch has hinted of favoritism before, this article was the most blatant.

You define TechCrunch as “…a weblog dedicated to obsessively profiling and reviewing new web 2.0 products and companies”. Overly positive of negative posts don’t meet this objective-sounding criteria.

By: Om Malik’s Broadband Blog — » Blogging catfight

Om Malik’s Broadband Blog — » Blogging catfight — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 16:53:48 +0000

[...] Ken Yarmosh, a paid consultant to Blogscient is upset that his client didn’t get a fair shake from Techcrunch because Mike is Gabe.memeorandum’s friend. Mike fires back. Will Scoble play daddy? [...]

By: Anti

Anti — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 16:49:12 +0000

1. Worst
2. Catfight
3. Ever

By: Ken Yarmosh

Ken Yarmosh — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 14:34:59 +0000

Pete…this isn’t a personal conflict. It’s blogging. I asked for accountability. I called Mike out on what I perceived as bias. His response did the same for me. We cleared the air and at the end of the day, we are better bloggers for it.

By: PeteCashmore

PeteCashmore — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 13:04:52 +0000

Ken,

I was happy to blog about Blogniscient over the weekend and, like I said in that post, it’s a good service. You were successful in getting a number of bloggers to cover Blogniscient, and now it’s time to let the web decide. If they want to compare it to Memeorandum, let them - business is all about competition.

I think by turning this into a personal conflict with Mike, rather than a discussion about web services, you risk creating some bad PR for Blogniscient. Let’s try to talk about the products, and not the personalities.