Posted by unregistered user at 6/30/08 8:12 a.m.

You forgot to add lying. Whenever a corporation lies, misleads, attempts to hide the truth or gives a ridiculous PR spin on simple realities like missed numbers or layoffs - the blogosphere rips them apart.

Firms still operate as if it's 1985 and they can control the flow of information. I think that's what gets people riled up more than anything else.

Posted by unregistered user at 6/30/08 8:28 a.m.

Not a whole lot of interest in talking about Zillow or Redfin...hmmm

Posted by unregistered user at 6/30/08 8:42 a.m.

The other thing is just doing your homework the old-fashioned way and breaking original news. You've taken a lot of flak for regurgitating stories that were first published by other sources.

Posted by unregistered user at 6/30/08 8:46 a.m.

Only 5 or 6 comments in the LiveMocha thread are legit.. the rest are Turkish spam. Looks like captcha doesn't do anything these days.

Posted by unregistered user at 6/30/08 2:03 p.m.

Seems to me the main driver is disgruntled employees or customers using your blog as an outlet during layoffs or challenging times at companies. I think that's why companies like F**CKED Company got so much traction and traffic back in the bust of the Internet.

Posted by unregistered user at 7/2/08 3:18 p.m.

#145518, calling an employee "disgruntled" is a code-phrase for saying their claims aren't true. I find disgruntled employees tell the truth about their employers a lot more often than the management does.