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Here's where I lost respect for Michael Arrington:

http://techcrunch.com/2009/03/02/back-i-am/

<snip> When my time was up to leave, I asked Potts if I could stay another week. He said something about being fully booked, but I offered to pay more than his usual rate and said I’d plug Surfboard House on TechCrunch (consider that a disclosure). He had (and still has) no idea what TechCrunch is, but the dollars did the trick. Schedules were juggled, I stayed. </snip>

Apparently he thinks it's OK to use his blog to push other peoples' travel plans around. Not just OK, but something to brag about. What a douche move.



You've managed to stay vitriolic for a year just because this man might have bumped people from their stay in a Bed & Breakfast?

Seriously?

Secondly, as he said "the dollars did the trick". It's not bragging at all to say "this great guy had no idea of and still doesn't know of my blog".


Ok, so he's not explicitly bragging about his blog; he's merely bragging about being able to throw money around and dick up other peoples' travel plans. That makes it so much better.




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