First of all: This comment has nothing to do with the content of the article, just the timing.
You seriously couldn't wait 5 days to publish this? What's the point, do you want to be a hipster pessimist or do you just want to screw with the effort these people are putting into it?
Even if you are right on every point, why the hell would you publish it now? Do you want it to fail? Do you want to actively have a part?
I think 5 days from now would have been too late. At that point it would have seemed like they typical "hindsight is 20/20" Monday morning quarterbacking. At least by making a statement now, as forgone a conclusion as it may be, he can at least pretend that he isn't the 30th person on a bandwagon that seats 60.
Like MG or the other marketers of the silicon valley dream there is the perception that it's a meritocracy, and we all want app.net to succeed on merit. But if were really merit as opposed to execution + opportunism we wouldn't have companies like Zynga (current share price be damned, Pincus got his). MG is just perpetuating the trend: execution (leveraging svbtle/TC cred) + opportunism (pretending he isn't telling the audience what they already know).
My point was, we all want app.net to succeed, because it means our success is mostly in our own hands and our faith in people's ability to see past the quick, easy and free. I like that thought too, I don't have much faith in it but I like it. MG is cynically playing off that hope as well.
1). Huh? That's giving quite the benefit of the doubt. Kind of like how burglars are really just on a spree to make sure that that home-security companies continue to have a profitable market. I take issue with the idea that press that questions the tenets of this company is going to cause more people to donate.
2). I don't like it when people can attack someone trying new business ideas on pure speculation. That's just a mean thing to do. Also, I take that you don't mind the FUD that the post perpetuates if there's enough sprinkling of humility for you to pretend that it's balanced?
Well - I actually concur that any press is good press at this point. It's not like anybody who has already pledged, can (easily) revoke that pledge. The only downside is it's hard to believe anybody who might read Siegler hasn't already read about app.net - so the additional exposure is minimal. (I backed app.net - fingers crossed Dalton hits the $500K/10,000 original users level)
You seriously couldn't wait 5 days to publish this? What's the point, do you want to be a hipster pessimist or do you just want to screw with the effort these people are putting into it?
Even if you are right on every point, why the hell would you publish it now? Do you want it to fail? Do you want to actively have a part?
What the hell is wrong with you dude.