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Great Richard. I appreciate this blog for that very reason: that you don't just regurgitate the same stories over and over again like many blogs...keep it up..
Posted by: Eric Willis | June 3, 2007 8:48 PM
"One thing we don't do - and will never do - is copy and paste PR news from emails and crank out 20 such "posts" per day. Some other blogs seem to think that is the formula for success."
Haha, nice taking the piss out of Mashable. ;-) R/WW FTW!
Posted by: Jason Nats | June 3, 2007 8:54 PM
Just to second what you say Richard. I believe that there is a bigger value is in analysis of trends and provoking discussions. News itself is just the beginning of the thought and not the end!
Alex
Posted by: Alex Iskold | June 3, 2007 9:25 PM
That's all fine and good, but where am I supposed to get my MySpace layouts? I don't see even a single link to them on your page! ;)
Thanks for the always-insightful thought you put into your posts.
Posted by: Mark | June 3, 2007 10:11 PM
I agree sometimes it just seems to much to read all at one go. Plus if you are a web 2.0 company looking for exposure on other sites then be prepared to buried among 15 - 20 posts per day. Your time on the front page will be about 1.5 minutes.
If you want real exposure and analysis come to RWW.
Posted by: Ali | June 4, 2007 12:22 AM
ya, I knew right away you were talking about mashable. Man it really went downhill latley.
Posted by: Ilya | June 4, 2007 12:52 AM
Viva ReadWriteWeb!
Posted by: Lenny | June 4, 2007 10:43 AM
let it out Randy, it's obvious that your site is full of first hand accounts, reviews and writer's opinions. That's why we keep coming back!
Posted by: Amy Wislch | June 5, 2007 12:10 AM
Thanks for indulging my little rant :-)
p.s. Amy, who's Randy? ;-)
Posted by: Richard MacManus | June 5, 2007 1:11 AM