About 6 months ago I did an "Ask HN" post about noticing that 50% of the TC urls submitted to HN were coming from the same 4-5 individuals.
It may even be interns at TC submitting them.
Linkbait indeed. It seems like a pretty common tactic on some blogs. I find it mildly disturbing since the same blogs often look down on trolling, when in reality, an argument could be made that they are actually part of the problem.
I've had to start double-checking links posted to HN to make sure I don't accidentally get lead to TC.
Re:Born This Way
by desigooner on Sunday February 20, 2011 @11:38PM
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He claims that this article is relevant as Lady Gaga is a startup and so is Apple (i kid you not)....
Re:Born This Way
by OoTheNigerian on Monday February 21, 2011 @01:42AM
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I don't really need Karma points for anything. Maybe I should just have written a 2 sentence post with the submission title and put a link to the TC article.
I just thought this was shorter.
I can vouch that I know Oo personally, and he didn't submit this for easy karma. Not sure why he did submit it, though...
Re:Born This Way
by OoTheNigerian on Monday February 21, 2011 @02:55AM
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Not sure why he did submit it, though...
Maybe the frustration knowing that I will never get my 5 mins back and hoping that the guys at TC get the feedback. :)
I am pretty sure most people are submitting techcrunch articles just for karma points. That and they come standard with aggressive linkbaiting headlines.