Comments on: Crimes Against the Internets: Valleywag

By: Chuck

Chuck — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 22:01:47 +0000

Well, Kotaku or not, I guess they figured that since you write a column for Wired that makes you The Establishment and they’ve gotta rag on that to Keep It Real.

And no offense, but inclusion on Valleywag is no real measure of fame — this is a site that regularly gossips about Robert Scoble and Matt Mullenweg and already assumes that everybody knows the life story of Craig Newmark (who apparently is the guy behind craigslist).

Still, you probably want to keep any pictures of yourself driving with a baby in your lap off of flickr. (Unless the Valleywag kind of attention is what you’re going for, of course).

By: Lore Sjoberg

Lore Sjoberg — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 18:15:30 +0000

Oh, huh, that’s kind of funny, for two reasons. First off, I also write for Kotaku, which is owned by the same company that owns Valleywag, so there’s kind of a left hand/right hand thing going on there. More to the point, though, I had no idea I was well-known enough to inspire gossip. That’s kind of neat and flattering that they didn’t expect people so say “Lore what? Who now? Why do I care?”

It seemed like a lot of people were thrown off by a column that didn’t have a tech hook. I never advertised a tech hook, but I guess because it’s on Wired they expect one. I wonder if I’ll get the same reaction about something that’s not tech, but not so biological.

By: Rain

Rain — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 04:46:03 +0000

Well, I’ll admit to reading (and only occasionally liking) Valleywag, but that’s just because I work in silicon valley and I keep hoping they’ll mention me one day.