Happy Valentine’s Day, tech bloggers

Mat Honan of Gizmodo writes a mushy Valentine’s Day homage to all of the tech bloggers he likes.

Honan writes, “And that’s not just the bright sunny day, or the ecstasy I took this afternoon talking. We are living in a new golden age of journalism, even if we don’t realize it yet. One where individuals and little startups are capable of building up just as many readers and credibility as the most storied names in journalism. It’s a meritocracy now.

“And while we’re often all lumped together as tech bloggers, we do different things, and come at them from different angles. Some of us are trying to get scoops, others are trying to do deeper reporting, or explain how things work, or evaluate products, or tell literary stories that try to contextualize the culture. We want to inform, serve, and even entertain. We’re aided and handcuffed by the mind-blowing speed at which we have to not only write, but publish. We’re making up history as we go, getting facts right and wrong, being vindictive and wonderful, and trying really, really hard to explain this weird new hyper-connected world we that all stomp across. And at the end of the day we’re all just humans. And I love you, all of you, who make the Web what it is.

“Except you, Mike Arrington. I don’t love you. You’re a boil on the ass of the industry.

“Oh, what the fuck. You too. Even you. Especially you, Mike. TechCrunch has had some great stories over the years, and you’ve managed to do a lot of great things there, despite yourself. After today maybe I’ll go back to loathing you. But for now?

“Happy Valentine’s Day!”

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