Did Arrington Just Kill YC News?

by tyler on 03/11/2008

One of my favorite sites for startup news just hit TechCrunch…which sucks. When you find a really good site like YC News that is a Digg-like setup, the last thing you need is the negative readers of TechCrunch swamping the site. The site has been slow since the horrible article.

Of course the TechCrunch article will not kill YC News, that was just me being dramatic. It might render it near useless for those that knew YC News pre-TechCruch. What I would really like to know is why would Arrington post that article? He has to know what will be unleashed when the TechCrunch groupies get their hands on it. I would assume if Arrington really used YC News as a source of information he would keep it to himself (and by “keep it to himself” I mean not write an article about it).

Would there be any reason that Arrington would do this on purpose, knowing what he would unleash on the YC News board?

There are 2 comments in this article:

  1. 11/03/2008Joseph Tel Abrahamson says:

    Well, as for the slowness: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=133804.

    As for the influx of Crunchies: we certainly hope that NewsYC is too boring and requiring of reading skill to hold on to too many of the IQ challenged. Want to save NewsYC — submit a boring/fascinating article! No lists, please.

  2. 11/03/2008Sean Ellis says:

    You’re right – those crunchies are a negative bunch.

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