Morrie the Toupee Salesman

Hacker News might be banning valleywag. Michael Arrington crows. Valleywag is basically a techcrunch competitor. They report on the same companies, the same people. The difference is the editorial slant. Instead of the hushed reverence of the business press, they have a tabloid mentality. So basically they’re being banned not for their content, or for spamming, or any of the other unwritten conventions of social news sites. They’re being banned for their editorial stance. It’s ironic, because I remember the same antipathy towards techcrunch at another social news site (where I worked).