Bookmarklet: Hide MG Siegler's posts on TechCrunch

by ahmetalpbalkan • 15 years ago

12 5 15 years ago

I'd post on the page this bookmarklet is hosted, but there's no commenting on it, so I'll post here instead:

This is great! MG was one of the reasons I was tempted to unsubscribe from TC. His headlines are over the top to drive traffic, and he is not at all objective when it comes to Apple (for) or Android (against).

Arrington's rant against Caterina Fake was what sealed the deal for unsubscribing from TechCrunch.

Now that I subscribe to HN and GigaOM, I'm better in the loop with less sensationalism.

OpieCunningham• 15 years ago

Indeed. Though I love an Apple product as much as the next MG, I find his articles lacking in something (the recent one about the Apple/Google/Nortel patents comes to mind - somehow I suspect the situation was nothing at all like he described it).

And since Arrington has been a massive thumbs down for me for some time and Sarah Lacy is just blah, the best bookmarklet-type solution I've found for dealing with Tech Crunch is /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1

realgt• 15 years ago

thanks, now i just have to filter him out of my techcrunch feed on google reader. he has good writing style i just can't help but feel he is secretly on Apple's payroll or heavily invested in the company

rpatl• 15 years ago

I figured that now would be a good time to create an HN account :)

Thanks for all the feedback, guys! I started reading TechCrunch a few weeks ago, and many (not all) of MG Siegler's posts stood out because they lacked analysis and tended to overlook facts in favor of sensationalism. Understandably (but regrettably), TechCrunch values being first over being right, so he remains gainfully employed.

I want to make it clear that I don't have anything else negative to say about him other than the above (and it seems like everyone who commented here feel the same way).

I'm going to work on a filter for RSS feeds next. Message me on twitter (@ruhkesh) if you want to keep in touch!

tariqk• 15 years ago

...or I could just unsubscribe to TechCrunch, and use Hacker News and Techmeme as a filter to figure out what was interesting and what isn't.

Bookmarklet: Hide MG Siegler's posts on TechCrunch

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