If my hand is Twitter's asshole, I'm Michael Arrington.
Actually, they monitor a lot of blogging tools and sites. I have a friend who uses LiveJournal who got an email within about 24 hours of complaining about her Comcast service from a legitimate customer service rep, and they sent a tech out to help within a day. So they’re doing it whether you’re Michael Arrington or the average Joe on the street.
Anybody who’s seen my (TV) show…has seen me throw a whole glass of water on (Techcrunch founder Michael) Arrington.
Our good friends Michael Arrington and Jason Calacanis have also done a stellar job of driving traffic and making sure the entire blogosphere knows our name. We simply couldn’t afford that type of advertising if we had to buy it. I really need to find some time to write these guys a thank you card or send a fruit basket.
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Anybody in the world can say, 'I have a blog; hey, come talk to me,' ... But Mike figured out a way to make sure the campaigns understood they weren't just talking to him; they were talking to a very influential audience of tech leaders.
TechCrunch got the candidates to engage about technology policy at a level they haven't done before.
The one thing that newspapers still have over new online outlets is the brand, the name and the standards. They've told readers that by the mere presence of a story on the Washington Post, that it's been through a rigorous analysis or edit and it is up to their standards. The assumption is that unless you hear otherwise, the content you see in the Post has gone through that ethical screening.