Hey Brian, drop the direct link next time instead of the Sphinn link. There's no point in pointing users here to Sphinn and make them click extra to reach the article. Direct link: http://www.techcrunch.com/2008... - Maki

thx for direct link - Steaprok

maybe Brian was trying to generate some sphinn's. - Joseph Rodgers

@maki thanx for direct link. - Barbara K. Baker

Um, yeah, that was the point... sphinn helps people on sphinn see this article too... that's why it's good to sphinn it. FF isn't enough for me... I like to get salient news from multiple sources. I suppose it would be different if techcrunch had a sphinn button, but as far as I can tell, there's no place to do that from the blog post, not even in the "share" pop-up. And that's pretty much the only news voting service or bookmarking service I use right now, so it's important to me. - Brian Carter

Brian, I know you want more votes for your submission but I still feel its annoying for non-users to have to click twice to get to the article. Seeing that there's zero value-added discussion on Sphinn, its virtually a useless interstitial for those who aren't Sphinn users. Just my two cents... - Maki

Yikes, sorry guys, didn't realize it was such a breech of etiquette here. Noted and changing behavior! :-) - Brian Carter

Hey, relax! One or two Sphinn articles isn't going to kill anyone, as long as it doesn't become a regular occurrence, right? - Andy DeSoto