IP Democracy: TechMeme Buffs Up and Rivera Expands Turf

Gabe Rivera is (I assume) a one-man blog aggregating machine and has captured mind-share, if not money, with his Memeorandum sites on tech and politics. TechMeme hit so fast that it became the “thing” among the blognoscenti, a meteoric rise that was bound to create backlash.

Still, despite the complaints about TechMeme’s tunnel vision, or the blogosphere’s equivalent of pack journalism, it’s the site most tech bloggers visit every day, and sometimes many times per day. Now Gabe has spruced up the site with, first, a redesign, and now photos — techmeme is starting to look like Google News.

But that’s not all — Gabe has launched a juicy gossip site called WeSmirch, which has the tagline “automatic dirt digger.” It’s very cool and possibly addictive, which is why I plan to never visit again.

Posted by Cynthia Brumfield on March 14, 2006 10:15 AM to IP Democracy