[Search-l] Wikia bought Grub for $50K, from LookSmart SEC documents

Seth Finkelstein sethf at sethf.com
Mon Nov 12 22:56:05 UTC 2007


On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 12:06:01AM +0200, Jimmy Wales wrote:
> Only Seth would imagine this sort of trivia would be "buzz harshing", a 
> term that only he has used.

	Note what I wrote:

>> Seth Finkelstein wrote:
>> [I assume this won't get me in trouble for buzz-harshing, and further
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

	Now, buzz-harshing is indeed my phrasing (playing off the
slang expression harshing-the-buzz), though I'd say the idea convey by
it is not disputed. Given the potential for an ad-hominem based
misunderstanding, sometimes it's advisable to be prudent via stating
non-hostile intentions.

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