10 shocking (or at least interesting) facts about Techmeme on its 10th birthday
Ten Years Later, This Is How Techmeme Has Avoided Click-Bait, Auto-Play Ads And More — Techmeme launched on September 12, 2005 amid a flurry of blog posts from Robert Scoble, Richard MacManus, and several others. Tweets: @rww , @percival , @howardlindzon , @ahess247 , @sriramk , @rafat , @davemcclure , @stevesi , @jeffweiner , @alexia , @panzer , @harrymccracken , @reidhoffman , @profjeffjarvis , @danroth , @caseynewton , @dannysullivan , @cfair1 , @tomkrazit and @msquinn Tweets: ReadWrite / @rww : Here's @RWW founder @ricmac on the birth of @Techmeme, which is now celebrating its 10th anniversary. http://w.readwrite.com/1KgyCFY Sean Percival / @percival : Congrats @gaberivera on 10 years of Techmeme. May you rewrite headlines and F5 your way into our hearts for 10 more. http://www.linkedin.com/... @howardlindzon : Legendary and congrats - Ten Years Later- How Techmeme Has Avoided Click-Bait, Auto-Play Ads, And More http://www.linkedin.com/... Arik Hesseldahl / @ahess247 : Happy Birthday @Techmeme and congratulations @gaberivera !!!! http://www.techmeme.com/... Sriram Krishnan / @sriramk : When I was in school I tried to build Techmeme going “how hard can that be”. Turns out *very*. Congrats Gabe! https://twitter.com/... Rafat Ali / @rafat : One of my heroes: Ten Years Later, This Is How Techmeme Has Avoided Click-Bait, Auto-Play Ads, And More http://www.linkedin.com/... Dave McClure / @davemcclure : .@Techmeme is my fave non-@500Startups product I use every single day (or hour). damn u @GabeRivera let me invest! http://twitter.com/... Steven Sinofsky / @stevesi : Happy 10th @Techmeme—the most important, consistent, reliable indicator for what's important to, for, from tech ‰ http://www.linkedin.com/... Jeff Weiner / @jeffweiner : TechMeme is both must read and unofficial story editor of Silicon Valley. 10 insights from founder & CEO @gaberivera http://www.linkedin.com/... Alexia Tsotsis / @alexia : Techmeme is amazing http://www.techmeme.com/... Still the first thing I read everyday, still the first site I recommend. Matthew Panzarino / @panzer : Lessons from @gaberivera: - Never take VC, ever. - Reporters are venal, untrustworthy creatures whose headlines suck http://www.linkedin.com/... Harry McCracken / @harrymccracken : Techmeme turns 10 tomorrow. I don't remember the 41 years of my life I spent without it. http://www.linkedin.com/... Reid Hoffman / @reidhoffman : Great and thoughtful post from @gaberivera http://www.linkedin.com/... Prof Jeff Jarvis / @profjeffjarvis : Today is the 9/11 anniversary, but tomorrow's anniversary is arguably more important: the launch of TechMeme. http://www.linkedin.com/... Daniel Roth / @danroth : Techmeme, the frontpage of tech, turns 10. @gaberivera looks back at how a side project became an institution. http://www.linkedin.com/... Casey Newton / @caseynewton : Notorious #content thief @gaberivera celebrates 10 years of plunder with over on #linkedin http://www.linkedin.com/... Danny Sullivan / @dannysullivan : Happy 10th anniversary @Techmeme. You've become the indispensable source of tech news. Founder @gaberivera reflects http://www.linkedin.com/... Caroline Fairchild / @cfair1 : Techmeme's global newsroom has one editor working at a time and no offices via @gaberivera. http://www.linkedin.com/... Tom Krazit / @tomkrazit : Congrats to @gaberivera on ten years of building an indispensable site. Still think the Leaderboard is bulls**t tho. http://www.linkedin.com/... Megan Quinn / @msquinn : “Reflecting on Ten Years of Techmeme” (rewrote the headline for you @gaberivera) http://www.linkedin.com/...