Comments on: No Techcrunch I won’t delete my Twitter message

By: Strange Days | whatleydude

Strange Days | whatleydude — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:14:28 +0000

[...] yes. That was kind of my reaction too. First the tweets started flying in, then the blog posts followed and then, two hours later, an apology from TechCrunch Europe (a career highlight I promise you [...]

By: Sean McNamara

Sean McNamara — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 02:09:05 +0000

Great post, Great comments, Good to see your still causing trouble Damien!

And @maffa your comment has to be the best comment I’ve seen in a while! Wait to break the tension

By: maffa

maffa — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:16:42 +0000

This all appears to be a very unfortunate media mistake which really does seem to have developed into somewhat of a keyboard based duel between Mr Butcher and Mr Mulley, which has some historical context to it. A melting pot of social media tension.

However that is actually a smoke screen – analysing the responses, to and fro, i believe that Mr Mulley is in fact in love with Mr Butcher’s hairstyle, Mr Butcher knows this and as a result Mr Mulley can’t bear to see it on anyone else apart from himself. It’s a classic case. Unfortunately there is no known cure, so i suggest we just put this one down to experience and leave it there.

In otherwords this is all a load of bollox. Someone made a mistake and tried to sort it out the best they could.

Maybe i could suggest a nice walk in the summer air for all?

By: Sean Smith

Sean Smith — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 08:09:05 +0000

I wonder if Mike’s wife and kids are happy to be used in such a cynical way? The thread was dealing with how a company went about its business and has nothing to do with who had cancer or how many kids were sick…

By: Des

Des — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:54:35 +0000

Would someone please think of the children ?

Imagine if Techcrunch could have done an Amazon on it….

By: Damien Mulley

Damien Mulley — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:25:09 +0000

lol @ Neville. I get ya now.

@Roger To be frank, I don’t care, take it up with Mike. Hiding behind a proxy doesn’t instill confidence.

By: Neville Hobson

Neville Hobson — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:18:59 +0000

I didn’t make my earlier comment clear, Damien, sorry (heh, I’m a communicator remember?).

It’s not about deleting your tweet or the screenshot – and I support you 100% in refusing to do that – it’s the posting of the screenshot in the first place. What does that achieve? Not essential to any of the points you or anyone is making about TechCrunch’s gaffe.

And I’d agree – for the moment, the discussion focus is shifting to TechCrunch Europe asking people to take stuff down. Not smart. (Shel Holtz and I discussed this in today’s episode of the FIR podcast, btw.)

By: Roger

Roger — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:08:39 +0000

damian, sent you email on what butcher is like and how he plies his “trade”. eyeopening.

By: Mike Butcher

Mike Butcher — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:06:03 +0000

Oh, the pain! Ok, forget the semantics and call me you old tease.

By: Damien Mulley

Damien Mulley — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:59:50 +0000

All that text but your final line sums up who is Mike Butcher.