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I'm a tad sad seeing Techcrunch.com and ValleyInsider.com on the top 10 submitted urls ;( but this is still my number favorite site as far as people go.

>>redorb+(OP)
"... I'm a tad sad seeing Techcrunch.com and ValleyInsider.com on the top 10 submitted urls ..."

A function of TC being seen as a leading VC/Startup news source and user submissions to extra points?

>>redorb+(OP)
The list of top submitted sites is not a list of the sites users are most interested in. In some cases the site owners submit every post, but many never get enough upvotes to make it onto the front page. To find the sites users are most interested in, you want not the raw number of posts per site, but the number that get over some threshold of points.

>>pg+m2
http://top.searchyc.com/domains_by_average_points

Is this a better list?

>>redorb+(OP)
It'd be nice to look at the same list, but for the last N months. Subjectively it feels that the number of TC stories on the front page has gone down.

>>chengm+f3
Yes, much better. The total submissions/total points are skewed by sites (TC) and blogs (CodingHorror) that post every day, sometimes multiple times per day. If you get enough at-bats, you'll get a lot of hits.

>>bootlo+U
Is TechCrunch a leading VC/Startup news source? I'm not trying to be a smartass. It always seemed like tabloid trash to me. The articles are poorly researched, poorly written and often consist of almost nothing of substance once you get beyond an attention-grabbing headline. I would imagine that's a consequence of the often misleading or, at worst, incorrect articles they have a tendency to publish. As far as I'm concerned they have zero credibility.

>>jm4+G7
I consider techchrunch as tabloid trash. HN is meant for nice informative articles and threads. But sadly now, the quality has gone down.

>>chengm+f3
What's scary is that 'Hot or Not' is on the list. That is the digg-type stuff we need to keep out.

But to be honest, I haven't seen a whole lot of 'fluff' in the short period I've been here.

>>mikeyu+f9
http://searchyc.com/submissions/hotornot.com

It is not 'digg-type stuff'. It's a founder, talking about a successful startup.

>>huhten+A3
While the number of nytimes stories has gone up.

To me this is just as bad. Occasionally their is a good story, but nothing that can't be found at any number of other news sites or blogs.

>>jm4+G7
"... Is TechCrunch a leading VC/Startup news source? ..."

I'm not saying TC is a good news source, simply noting that it's consistently lists high on posters & voters minds. TC is closer to 'The register' than I'd like.

>>chengm+f3
What is the threshold?

>>jmatt+J9
I've submitted a few NYT stories - but they've all turned out to be submitted by someone else. All of them have been science stories that can't be found elsewhere. My reason for submitting them was, as PG said, they appealed to my hacker mind.

>>scott_+vp
Yeah those are likely the stories I enjoy. Especially when nytimes breaks the story and has it first.