Articles which portray TechCrunch in a negative light tend to get lots of upvote...

leorocky · on April 25, 2014

I remember this being the reason:

http://techcrunch.com/2008/03/10/little-known-hacker-news-is...

001sky · on April 25, 2014

It’s one of the best places to find information on startups we haven’t heard about yet. And, better, the community is jerk-free. Comments are mostly helpful, thoughtful and interesting.

Ah, dont forget to label this (2008) ;D