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Hey, just an update - our about page is up with a list of all staff & contributors at betakit.com/about


Thanks!


Hey, the About page is being updated right now. The site is an initiative of Sprouter.com.

@SarahPrevette - Editor-in-chief @erinbury (me) - Managing Editor @drizzled - Senior Writer

(Plus a team of global contributors)


Thanks Ryan, glad we're in the same building :)


Thanks - feel free to email any feedback to erin[at]betakit.com.


Trust me, objectivity will remain.

Thanks for checking it out!


Nothing like a subjective "Trust me" to inspire trust in objectivity.


Totally agree, and we'll be adding RSS ASAP. It's on the launch day list of to-dos. Thanks for checking it out!


great. hope you post again when you do. That's what's also limiting my interest in your site.


another vote for the RSS feed. Without it, it won't be on my reading list either.

Just as a note to future publishers: RSS is not a feature to add AFTER the fact but ought to be a launch readiness item if you're publishing content.



RSS is added (as noted above), and we're adding social sharing options to the homepage. Appreciate the feedback, and thanks for reading.


Hey, we're aiming to post several new articles every day. We have an in-house editorial staff (I'm managing editor, former GigaOM writer & editor Darrell Etherington is senior writer) and a group of global contributors.

But we're more focused on quality analytical pieces that press release rewrites - quality over quantity. Thanks for checking it out!


If you can stay true to the quality over quantity goal, BetaKit could very well become one of my most read sites. But I suspect it would be very hard to do so — everything I've experienced with online journalism suggests that quantity of posts is what pays the bills.

Best of luck to you though!


Thanks Chris - I hope you'll keep reading so we can show you we're committed to quality.

And get in touch anytime at erin@betakit.com, happy to hear your feedback.


Love this article, mostly for the snark. The first three are literally spot-on - I've signed up for more Launchrock pages in the last few weeks than I can count. I don't advocate being evil, but if it's as tried-and-true a success tactic as coverage on TC...then so be it.


Remember the whole Hipster ordeal? I think sometimes it's a test of how viral a landing page can be.


For what it's worth, Hipster had a fully functioning site at the time.


I've definitely received a few e-mails from startups who have launched since I put my e-mail in on their Launchrock page...but I love his idea to e-mail people once a month to update on progress and ask for feedback/help.


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