被宣判死亡的tinbag
February 14th, 2007
關注網路產業的人應該都知道TechCrunch這個blog。也應該都知道TechCrunch的讀者很多、影響力很大。在一篇今天發出來的文章裏Michael Arrington評論了一家叫tinbag的startup。基本上他不認為這家公司的business model是可行的。實際的評論我就不再重復了。讓我想要說一說的不是這家公司是不是真得沒有前途。我感到震撼的是，當像Michael Arriington這樣有權威的部落客都特別表達了認為你公司沒有前途的看法，是不是即使本來還有一點點的機會現在都要變成零了？
美國的網路公司到處都是，TechCrunch完全沒有必要基於鼓勵的理由而不做這樣的負面評論。但對tinbag的人來說，這也未免太殘酷了一點吧？
February 14th, 2007 at 1:26 pm
我覺得難說，他做了這麼聳動的標題，知道的人會去看看網站，不知道的也會去看看，如果他近期之內作些改變的話，後面的情況也不一定說。
不過tinbag看起來真的有點…
February 16th, 2007 at 2:53 pm
或許吧，負面的宣傳也是宣傳。
但我的確也不看好他們的服務。
February 20th, 2007 at 11:14 am
I have been following techcrunch when it first started in 2005. First time when I spoke to Michael it was also in 2005 in Bay area, he was like a underground D.J. He was very sensitive to what was happening in the small startup space. Last time, I spoke to Michael was during November, 2006 techcrunch 8 meetup in New York city night club called BED. I found him becoming too big to notice some new trends that are developing right now and in the future, merely because he is too busy building up his empire. Just look at what techcrunch covers lately, it kinda drifted away from the edgier small unknown sites and to the more mainstream stuff (etc. paying too much attention to Google, Yahoo, YouTube, etc.) He also hired 3 other editors to blog for him and the quality quickly slided and his readers reacted to that strongly and forced him to be back and spend more time on blogging. But, Michael Arrington’s blog is becoming just a mainstream tech trend blog. A launching pad for any new sites that took on VC funding. The stuff he covers, mostly overlaps with sites like GigaOM. There is a danger when you become maintstream. It is sorta double-edge sword. At one hand, you believe you know some shit, but on the other hand, this is when you are gradually losing your edge and sensitivity. Don’t get me wrong, he is still powerful and popular. But as far as wanting to depend on him finding the next YouTube, don’t count on it. Techcrunch is still on my daily read, just like all other popular blogs. I am more interested in what is happening in the Asia right now. That why I came to your blog and all other Asian Web 2.0 space.
Keep up the good coverage and dig into something that techcrunch is missing.
February 21st, 2007 at 12:46 am
hi william,
good point about techcrunch. i’d love to be as successful as techcrunch is but it’s probably not likely i ever will. but if i could be nearly successful, it’s hard to imagine that i wouldn’t fall into the trap of becoming too main stream either. that’s what comes with sucess for all bloggers, i’m afraid.
as for the asian web 2.0 scene… i wish the market in taiwan is more interesting but it’s very limited. there’s not quite the same entreprenueral culture, which is ironic because taiwanese people are supposed to be known for being risk taking business people….