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Re: Reminder: Think before you blog

Shelley — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 01:34:44 -0000

PS Much of the 'hate-a-thon' (really, can we leave such phrases on the cutting room floor) was somewhat inspired my Arrington's own pugnaciousness in responding to people. My heart does not bleed for him.

Re: Reminder: Think before you blog

Shelley — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 01:32:25 -0000

The question I asked is, if Arrington was being comped for airline tickets and hotel room, were the tickets bought and sent to him, and room booked.

If they were, then Michael should apologize to the organizer. Pretending that this was lost in the shuffle doesn't quite wash when you have people making travel arrangements, or sending tickets.

If tickets were not purchased, travel arrangements not made, hotels not booked, then obviously this wasn't a real commitment, and yes, people should lay off. Additionally, the conference organizer should, next time, hire someone more capable of managing speaker confirmations and travel arrangements.

Re: Reminder: Think before you blog

Mathew — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 16:09:43 -0000

Fair enough, Andy. I just think you were awfully quick to accuse Mike of doing all this for links without having a whole lot of evidence.

Re: Reminder: Think before you blog

Tony Hung — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 16:00:21 -0000

Mark -- that's the blogosphere, man. ;)

Luckily, in this case, the questions *did* get answered fairly quick.

Re: Reminder: Think before you blog

Andy Beard — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 15:49:59 -0000

Honestly I feel I did a lot of research before writing my piece, and Mike has used controversy to build up traffic in the past.
I still need to link through to Rick's post, but then that contradicts what Mike has written in many ways.

I linked through to all my research sources, and the links represented both sides of the discussion.

The conclusions I made were my personal opinion based on the information available.I was really looking forward to the New Media Fundraising presentation, albeit from a writeup from a 3rd party, but that has yet to materialize.

Mike himself is a proponent of link early, link often

Re: Reminder: Think before you blog

Mark Evans — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 15:25:57 -0000

A classic case of shooting first and asking questions later, if you ask me.

Re: Reminder: Think before you blog

Mathew — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 13:38:55 -0000

You're welcome, Rick. I think your post was an excellent lesson in how to take responsibility for something.

Re: Reminder: Think before you blog

Rick Calvert — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 13:21:33 -0000

Thanks for the post Mathew. My experience with Mike was similar even after this mini-controversy. He was friendly and really tried to work with us right up until the last minute.

TechCrunch is a wildly successful site and that makes it and Mike a huge target. I am the one to blame here and feel terrible about giving people the ammo to bash him.

Re: Reminder: Think before you blog

Shama Hyder — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 12:14:34 -0000

Kudos Mathew! It is so much easier to "bash" than it is to think logically.