Techmeme Founder Gabe Rivera is considered one of the Web’s top fifty most important people. He speaks with Marketing Voices about how Techmeme harnesses the blogosphere to connect users with the biggest stories of the moment. Known as the “go-to” place for technology news, Rivera talks about his role as founder, and what he believes are the sites greatest assets.
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April 4th, 2007 at 4:51 am
[…] One thing I’ve been thinking about is which features I’m implementing should be open to all users, which should be limited to registered users, and then which should be limited to (future hopeful) “premium” paying customers. But you know what? Why bother thinking about that now? Just develop the tools. Make the best tools you can. It would be immensely stupid to then take away features users have been enjoying and label them with a “premium” tag. One rule you don’t want to break is taking away something that people have been getting for free. (Gabe Rivera of TechMeme sort of indirectly referred to this on the latest episode of the wonderful Marking Voices podcast). […]
August 4th, 2007 at 11:15 am
[…] For a Web site that’s so popular, Techmeme continues to remain a major mystery in how it operates and how well the business is doing. Other than a rare video appearance, interviews and comments on blogs, Techmeme founder Gabe Rivera has kept things pretty close to the vest since the site was launched nearly two years ago. For example, how stories make it on Techmeme is still fairly unclear, although Rivera recently provided some insight here. […]
May 17th, 2008 at 1:30 am
[…] indispensable website means the creator of the website is indispensable too. Just like Gabe Rivera is everything behind the scenes of TechMeme. (Let’s face it, we’re all replaceable in […]