Really, Mashable? - November 10th, 2009
Responsible reporting starts with what you choose to report, and turning something as toxic as Facebook games into high-traffic news is beyond ridiculous. Slow days happen, but there are better things to talk about than this garbage.
Some more app-pandering filth:
Take particular note of their “poll” results. The poll in question is a reader-poll, which, by definition, means it’s a few points south of retarded. And on that note…
On Mashable Polls:
They’re disgusting. Take a look, and get a feel for just how ridiculous it is that Mashable pass these off as polls. You get the general idea when you read an article like Windows 7 beating OS X in a reader poll, only to realize that Mashable’s reader base is likely to be along the lines of 80% Windows users. I’d be willing to bet that nine out of ten of those users aren’t even using Windows by choice, but have never used OS X and therefore had no place participating in such a poll to begin with. You’ll see a similar tragedy in a Firefox vs. Chrome poll included in the list below:
- Facebook vs. Twitter
- Favorite social network
- Favorite Facebook application
- Favorite Twitter photo-sharing service
- Firefox vs. Chrome
- Favorite Twitter client
- Is Google losing its focus?
- TweetDeck vs. Seesmic
- WordPress vs. TypePad
- Tumblr vs. Posterous
- Would you store your files with Google?
I haven’t even touched on the obvious load of failure and half-assery that they’re calling the Open Web Awards yet. I’ll save that one for later.