Winer is saying that Techmeme is a cesspool, I disagree. While it is obvious that people say stupid shit to get attention on Techmeme, isn’t it true that just kind of happens all over the place?

I’ve written on more than one occasion that I’m a fan of Gabe’s work, and that comes from having watched him over the years and realizing two things about him, the first being that his ego is limited to the technical aspects of techmeme, which is not uncommon. Secondly, he is intellectually honest about his work and that is a rare thing.

I know Gabe sometimes edits stuff like this off of TechMeme to keep it stocked with real news. He probably isn’t doing that here since Techmeme is part of the story and he’d be criticized. But here’s one vote to get this kind of nonsense off the site.

PS- I thought about tinyurl’ing the link to the post, but Arrington is right, that’s just childish.

PPS- The Web 3.0 name gaming is bullshit, but it’s not gonna stick so I won’t waste any cycles writing about it. Hah, my web 3.0 meme is going to center on ignoring things that are ridiculous on their face!

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