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This article on TC adds nothing at all.

Original blog post: http://ejroundtheworld.blogspot.com/2011/07/airbnb-nightmare...

HN submission of that blog post for discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2820615

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ADDED IN EDIT: Clearly this is contentious - it went up to two points, now as I write this it's down to zero, and who knows where it will go next.

Yes, I agree, sometimes TechCrunch adds information, but I claim that in this case it doesn't. Further, I claim that by reading only the excerpts they include, you are not being given the whole picture as written by the blog author. The post is well-written and well-crafted - providing summary excerpts does not give the full impact or the full situation.

And, given that the crunchy bits don't actually add anything, let me quote from http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html where it says:

    Please submit the original source. If a blog post
    reports on something they found on another site,
    submit the latter.


I disagree - people are always interested in TechCrunch's take on things. Indeed, AirBNB used it as their PR channel the other day ( http://techcrunch.com/2011/07/27/on-safety-a-word-from-airbn...) so linking to the TC article certainly has value.


Agree to disagree - I'm content with that. In my opinion sometimes TC actually adds something, but this time it really doesn't.


The real news here is "TechCrunch isn't sleeping on the AirBnB/EJ story", especially given that EJ's followup post is still on the front page.

The important details are in the news cycle itself:

1) EJ post tops the HN front page

2) HuffPo-owned TechCrunch reblogs it

3) TC posts a defense from an AirBnB cofounder

4) EJ posts a "still no help from AirBnB" followup

5) TC reblogs that as well in an attempt to cover both sides of the story




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