twig commented on Facebook Courts Have 100 Judges, Secret List

"For every new media company that allows uploaded photos, there's an unlucky SOB or two that gets to go through the ones that people flagged. That facebook has these isn't really a story -- 100 is a lot, but after all, they get 2-3 billion photos uploaded a month."

twig commented on The Sad, Premature Death of the TechCrunch Tablet

"TechCrunch covers the industry gossip better than almost anyone else, but there's one way they get this story right."

twig commented on Microsoft Let NSA Spooks 'Enhance' Windows 7

"The NSA has a long history in advising to non-government security standards."

twig commented on What's So Unbearable about Working at Google New York?

"You've been doing fairly well, Ryan, but you're falling into one of the classic 'Wag traps: you, like your predecessor, consistently misinterpret the connection between engineers and execs."

twig commented on Rachel Mardsen Thinks Whitey Gets Stiffed, Deserves Affirmative Action in Sports

"Marsden was, for a mercifully brief period of time, a frequently Valleywag comment."

twig commented on The WSJ's Twitterati Break All the Rules

"Weren't these new rules published today?"

twig commented on Is Google Heading For an Antitrust Trainwreck?

"I'm sure Owen Thomas is a nice guy, and I wish him well."

twig commented on Rachel Maddow, Peter Thiel Show Why Gays and Lesbians Can't Get Along

"Hey, it would be pretty sweet if a rhino fought a whale!"

twig commented on Google's Still Got a Crush on Flickr, How Cute!

"This post is a trainwreck; let me count the ways. 1."

twig commented on Ellen Fails at Twitter, While Jon Favreau Wins

"Valleywag =~ s/Valley/Twitter/"