I think the negative TC articles get blown way out of proportion--I'm generally surprised by how positive and free of tough judgment the coverage on TC is. People often point out how positive they are to YC companies, but if you do the math, they're positive to almost all small companies. Bigger companies catch plenty of flack--but that's OK, they can take it.
If you add'em all up, though, TC is a pretty resoundingly positive site--it's snarky (in a TMZ kinda way), but it's generally good-natured ribbing of the sort that takes place all the time at events in the valley. Just tonight, a bunch of folks were hanging out at Bistro 412 in Palo Alto making fun of the Web 2.0 "business model", venture capitalists, and anything else that came up. Doesn't mean everybody who was there doesn't like the industry or the people in it.
If you add'em all up, though, TC is a pretty resoundingly positive site--it's snarky (in a TMZ kinda way), but it's generally good-natured ribbing of the sort that takes place all the time at events in the valley. Just tonight, a bunch of folks were hanging out at Bistro 412 in Palo Alto making fun of the Web 2.0 "business model", venture capitalists, and anything else that came up. Doesn't mean everybody who was there doesn't like the industry or the people in it.