Continuing from the last entry about not being a copycat, let’s talk about the second problem with being a copycat: misinterpretation.
Since Mike Arrington came up in the comments of the previous discussion, let’s use Mike as an example. He is considered “big” in the Web 2.0 arena so it is very natural that someone wanting [...]
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As predicted, the Mashable/Pageflakes inflated stats issue was resolved. Seems the accurate number is 27K. So instead of bashing Mashable, which accomplishes nothing, what can we learn from this?
It’s good the truth came out
It is good that one site’s numbers were so outlandish it drew attention so the problem can be fixed. Yes, Mashable’s number [...]
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