Comments on: Natali Leaves TechCrunch

By: The Internet is for Trolls « Internet Duct Tape

The Internet is for Trolls « Internet Duct Tape — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 06:45:45 +0000

[...] There is a lot of news coverage at the moment about tech writer Natali del Conte quitting the popular blog TechCrunch over inappropriate comments by the audience. What surprised me is that given her views on commenters, Michael Arrlington wrote on December 10th when reviewing a site that allows users to easily create humorous doctored photos: I’d make one of these for TechCrunch writer Natali Del Conte, but she’d probably resign (readers are encouraged to do so, however, and link to them in the comments). [...]

By: Poop Curtains

Poop Curtains — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 19:15:16 +0000

people take the internet too seriously. everyone needs to lighten up

By: Rob Hyndman

Rob Hyndman — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 14:09:10 +0000

How painfully ironic, Mike, that a good number of the comments on this post are so childishly negative.

By: Starked SF, Unforgiving News from the Bay » Blog Archive » Natalie Del Conte on TeXtra

Sun, 18 Mar 2007 15:52:37 +0000

[...] After staying with TechCrunch for only a short while, Michael Arrington announced her departure through Crunchnotes, attributing the move to “brutal user comments.” [...]

By: Natalie Del Conte is bub.blicio.us--

Natalie Del Conte is bub.blicio.us-- — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 15:39:25 +0000

[...] After staying with TechCrunch for only a short while, Michael Arrington announced her departure through Crunchnotes, attributing the move to “brutal user comments.” [...]

By: Rene Kriest

Rene Kriest — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:47:59 +0000

Even after 3 month after Del Conte left TechCrunch I really, really miss her articles.

She was/is a damn good writer. I would be glad to see her back. I would rather close the comments section than to give her a reason to quit because of dumb comments.

Her ironic view was just funny and her technological knowledge astonished me.

Regards,

René

By: Jack Of All Blogs » Blog Archive » TIME Magazine Starts Link Blog

Jack Of All Blogs » Blog Archive » TIME Magazine Starts Link Blog — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 20:12:03 +0000

[...] Could it be that TIME plans to hire popular bloggers, feed ogres just to write short stories about their niche. Is this the first step in getting the blog reader back to the main stream news?Imagine TIME Magazine covering and linking to the most popular blogs. Imagine top bloggers tomorrow writing for Time The ag. Or Natali Del Conte. Is this just the first move to get the blog reader back to the MSM news portals? Tags: Blogging, Blogs, Citizen Journalism, General, News, The Internet, TIME Magazine, TIME The agShare and Enjoy:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]

By: William T

William T — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 12:28:51 +0000

Please. Natali was a VERY fluffy writer. I’m glad I don’t have to read reviews like this anymore (from the TC review of “MusicPlusTV Is Cool…I Think”):

“This is one of the coolest music video sites I’ve seen but I have to admit none of these genres are my kind of music. I don’t consume content that is nearly this hip but if I did, I would give this site full props because it is well organized, production value is high, the streams are clean, and the shows have plenty of musical content instead of some VJ who wants to chat about their own life. If I were cool, I definitely would say this company is cool.”

By: adam

adam — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:45:28 +0000

it seems alot of people dont actually want to work for TechCrunch! Everyone seems to leave after a few weeks!

By: Justin Kistner

Justin Kistner — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:03:42 +0000

That’s unfortunate that Natali was made to feel uncomfortable. I’ve felt anonymous commenting has produced cowardly, hateful environments.