Comments on: Blognation May Rise From The Ashes

By: AB

AB — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:54:47 +0000

My gut feel – this page’s page view will increase again

By: Sam Sethi Talks About the TechCrunch Lawsuit | The Blog Herald

Sam Sethi Talks About the TechCrunch Lawsuit | The Blog Herald — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:45:44 +0000

[...] termsheet mentioned is a leaked document which TechCrunch published. The source is said to be an anonymous [...]

By: Blog Network MyKinda May Be Pulling A BlogNation - Writers Going Unpaid

Blog Network MyKinda May Be Pulling A BlogNation - Writers Going Unpaid — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:24:29 +0000

[...] pay, while being told by the company that funding was imminent, or had already happened. The funding never happened, and the company folded in December. Writers were owed, by some estimates, as much as $200,000 in [...]

By: General Chaos

General Chaos — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 01:31:48 +0000

Wow, Techcrunch published a confidential term sheet …

I wonder why the funding didn’t close, eh?

Question to Techcrunch: How does publishing a confidential term sheet serve Techcrunch readers? So much for your journalistic ethics. How pathetic! You deserved to be sued … and loose!

Arrington, you are a miserable fuckhead. Can’t wait for Karma 2.0 …

By: The Soap Opera of BlogNation, Reminds me of Efront » PC Mechanic

The Soap Opera of BlogNation, Reminds me of Efront » PC Mechanic — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 01:13:25 +0000

[...] publishes a story about how BlogNation could arise from the ashes due to securing some venture capital funding. The story launches a sh*tstorm and eventually it [...]

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:55:08 +0000

Blognation is reporting that Sam sethi is stepping back and Blognation is to be auctioned. http://towerone...rom-blognation/

By: Validome Blog

Validome Blog — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 04:32:58 +0000

Michael Arrington – Der Chefblogger und die Kehrseite der Medaille…

Michael Arrington ist ein cleverer Mann. Es hat es mit techcrunch.com geschafft, von den großen Medien als "zuverlässige Quelle" zitiert zu werden, sein Blog ist in den USA eine der meist gelesenen Publikationen. Doch die H…

By: Sean P. Aune

Sean P. Aune — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:59:58 +0000

Mr. Arrington,

We would like to speak to you about the Blognation situation, I can be reached at the email on this comment.

Thank you for your time,
Sean P. Aune
TECH.BLORGE.com

By: Celebration, BlogBus’ 5th Birthday; Reflection, China’s Blogosphere : THE MOBINODE - Tracking Dragon’s Web

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:55:23 +0000

[...] However, it seems that blogging is much more serious in the western blogosphere. Blognation has too many stories to tell (well, yes, I was an insider, but it was long time ago). Blogging should bring not only the good [...]

By: He talks crap

He talks crap — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 13:12:35 +0000

superdude here you go:

http://www.646b...alter-Mitty.gif

By: superdude

superdude — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:02:34 +0000

I think all this is newsworthy and TC is quite right to lay it all out in the open.

Hey come on, this is some of the best entertainment I’ve seen on the internets this year. Anyone got a link to a photo of Sam Sethi, I’m a little curious to know what he looks like.

By: Sam Sethi - Weekend Update at mobilejones

Sam Sethi - Weekend Update at mobilejones — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 13:24:27 +0000

[...] has admitted that the Secora term sheet sent to TechCrunch came from his gmail [...]

By: Non-Facebook'r

Non-Facebook'r — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 06:32:21 +0000

Wow, Mike A, the most amazing thing to me is that you think you’re reporting or refereeing this story while not even realizing that in the minds of any person who is curious enough to pull up the old articles and posts on this entire thing you’re smack in the middle of it – and you don’t look all that much better than Sethi, Starr or whomever, to be honest, only more self-righteous than all of them combined. People, follow links in the posts and Google this dispute, it makes for interesting reading. Starting from Arrington’s less-than-convincing case for Sethi’s firing from Techcrunch, to the last post in which Arrington attempts to engineer Sethi’s supposedly threatening to kill someone (”rip your head off”… if I were threatening to kill someone every time I say something like that, I must be Kim Jong-Il or something like that), to this now – leave your personal feud and emotions out of this one, Mike, and let other people report on it. If Sethi’s really a bad dude, he’ll blow up all by himself. If not, well, then you’ve just contributed immensely to another start-up imploding. Redirect your wrath back on Facebook.

By: dan

dan — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 01:51:29 +0000

sam needs to chill out or he’s going to give himself a stroke. and stop playing on other people’s accounts.

By: Dude

Dude — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 01:21:16 +0000

Is there any way to put Sam Sethi (or Scam Sethi as I hear they are now calling him) into the Dead Pool?

I can’t see how he’s ever going to work or get funding.. or even just taken seriously in this industry again.

Sam, if you’re reading, have you thought about opening a bar in Thailand or something? I just don’t know who would touch you with a barge pole…

By: Keith Shepard

Keith Shepard — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 01:15:42 +0000

Whoa…this is going to get kinda dirty. Man…you Tech people are worse than Anime fans.

By: Tom McKenna

Tom McKenna — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 00:29:17 +0000

Oliver, What was your motivation in writing this “open letter”? What did you think it would achieve?

You obviously believe you were greatly wronged and as the facts stack up, you do appear to have a valid case. Your “first and most critical demand …. a cashier’s check …. to my friend, Marc Orchant and his family”.
Yet you seem to be doing all in your power to sabotage BN raising the required funds to cover this. You seem hell bent on preventing your own demands ever being met. I find this very strange.

By: He talks crap

He talks crap — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 20:17:41 +0000

From Blognation’s old about us page which you can find by typing into Google – Blognation about us – and clicking on cache:

‘What is the business model behind blognation?
blognation is backed by undisclosed venture capital funding, by vendor advertising and through affiliate advertising.’

By: Nick Halstead

Nick Halstead — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 19:46:29 +0000

So who added all the comments in capitals? I know things look desperate for blognation but signing anything along these lines will certainly mean they never raise another round of funding.

By: Alex

Alex — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 19:31:16 +0000

I think many people who stmble upon this piling junkyard of everyday posts regarding BN, SS, MA et all with all juicy details… will just think that ‘bloggers are a bunch of quarelling retartds’…

Objectively speaking, this ongoing campaign looks exactly like that, like a quarell of retards.

I’m not sure this is interesting to the general public… Like, AT ALL.

By: AndyP

AndyP — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 14:38:52 +0000

Lots of ass covering going on here now it appears this may just go legal. I see the named investors are a listed company who could find their stock price damaged as a result of what has happened. If this happens do they have good grounds to seek damages from who ever leaked the document and from TC who published it?

Any lawyers out there wish to comment.

By: Tomas

Tomas — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 12:11:30 +0000

Its a shame blognation has gone the way it has. I really had High hopes for it when it launched.

I enjoyed its in the vecosys format and still visit blognation a couple of times a day . Blognation for me is far better than techcrunch in terms of covering new startups and bringing fresh news rather than ( google , facbook, payperpost crap )

By: Boris

Boris — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 11:54:50 +0000

Is someone selling the film rights for this story? I’m thinking ‘Catch me if you can’ meets ‘Hackers’ with a little ‘French connection’ in it. Guaranteed straight-to-DVD best-seller!

By: Michael Arrington

Michael Arrington — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 10:36:52 +0000

Ok. So the Ewan Spence comment above (no. 29) was not written by Ewan apparently. The comment led to Debi Jones replying with a private Skype conversation, which she has asked that we now remove (and I am).

But this is just turning crazy. Here’s Debi’s email to us:

I would very much appreciate the removal of my comment to who I thought was Ewan, but Sam Sethi has admitted that he posted using Ewan’s name. I have the ability to remove my comments from mobilejones.com which I have done. That Skype chat should not be public and would not be had I known the comment was not authentic.

Thanks for your help,
…Debi Jones

I’m going to bed.

By: StartupEarth

StartupEarth — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 09:39:48 +0000

Wow, it seems just about everyone from within BN are publishing private convos to stab each other in the back. Regardless of Sethis fraud, if it’s reached the stage where internal communications can’t be trusted, the company is already dead.

I don’t see how anything can save it now. Have you guys never heard of an NDA?