Army of Davids, and other takes

Ah, we knew Valleywag was more than a humble gossip rag. Instapundit's Glenn Reynolds, in his book An Army of Davids, argues that the internet has enabled corporate peons to rise up against their oppressors. On his site today, he cites Fucked Company, back in its heyday, and Valleywag now, as examples. Valleywag: not a website, it's a revolution, man.

Meanwhile, Greg Lindsay, the Inside.com alumnus, delves into his memory bank, and notes that Valleywag is about five years behind schedule.

"Dishy fun," says Paul Kedrosky of the scoop on Google's power couple. But Kedrosky, who writes Valleywag's favorite Silicon Valley tech blog, is less impressed by a rote item on Paypal's tech difficulties.

InsideGoogle's Nathan Weinberg says we're unhealthily obsessed by Google, and even more so, were that possible, by Marissa Mayer.

Thomas Hawk likes Valleywag's party reports, which means they're not hitting home. Captions are meant to be uncomfortably funny, like The Office; not just funny.

We're worried that a vengeful Google will revoke our PageRank, after reading Andy Beal's post.

Dave Winer is relieved that Valleywag won't cover Berkeley. He may have relaxed too soon.

Boing Boing's Xeni Jardin calls the site a tech world snarksheet. That sounds like an insult.

Oh, the Gawker family sites all linked, but that habit of conglomerated cross-promotion is exactly what Valleywag is vowed to undermine. So no reciprocal links, workmates.

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