Real world gamed?
Techmeme creator Gabe Rivera in an interview at Wired:
“The way I view it, Techmeme is gamed continuously because the real world is gamed continuously: Gamed in the sense that bloggers have always traded links and various other gestures of attention, sometimes through unspoken agreements, sometimes not. This was going on before my sites arrived, though these kinds of things can affect Techmeme. It’s hard to say how much.”
(my emphasis added)
“Here are a few of the tech/startup things in the bay area I can think of that I would like to do:
- Attend sf.rb meetings and meet all the SF rubyists
- Go to a TechCrunch BBQ
- Attend a blogger dinner with Dave Winer
- Meet Kevin Burton of Tailrank (just because I think what he’s doing is cool)
- Meet the Powerset crew (hopefully this won’t be a problem because of my affiliation with Google, but I’m curious what they’re up to!)
What other tech/startup things should I be doing? I’ve been reading about the SF startup scene with envy from either NYC, Denver, Seattle, or Orange County for years. “
–Student, New Yorker, and Ruby on Rails expert Paul Dix, anticipating his summer stint in the Bay area interning at the Googleplex.
Susan sez: I love how the Bay area is to tech innovators as Hollywood is to screenwriters–ground zero for the moth to flame nexus.
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