Re: louisgray.com: Why the Embargo Process Is Broken and Why We Still Need It

August 20 2008, 10:45am

i'm not surprised people mention names in email and private message but not in their public complaints... it simply enforces the immaturity of the whole debacle. But like you said before "pics or it didn't happen".. period. I am still convinced that no embargo was broken and a bigger more established leader (like TechCrunch, VentureBeat, PaidContent, ReadWriteWeb, GigaOM, etc.) got the scoop and the little guys (and gals) just can't take it... they get so overcome by jealousy that they go off. Why? Because that's what history tells us happens... why should this time be any different?You said yourself that "In my day job, I've never had a site break an embargo that I can remember" ... so it's not as "common" as these complainers want us to believe... it's just not. The places that get the scoop have earned them.