The New name of Techmeme should be SCAB (Scoble, Calacanis, Arrington and Blodgett), Blodgett being the only one on the list with some previous experience in writing.

One year ago, I felt that Techmeme gave me a little edge in investing in technology and internet. The smartest voices on tech subjects that could give a crap about stock prices.

I loved fading the comments as well. Negative comments meant something interesting was going on and viceversa.

Today, as Dave Winer so eloquently puts it, Techmeme has become a cesspool . Hysterical. I don’t think that’s the case, but he’s a nerd and I am a stock guy. The same loudmouths (Calacanis, Arrington, Scoble) were there when I started reading are still chasing wider fame, but in my eye more diluted than ever now that others get heard. Henry Blodgett is pushing the envellope with deeper analysis of the tech/internet companies from a numbers perspective (good), so I need to lump him in with those Yutz’s AND helps complete the word :) .

I really like Gabe and I really like Techmeme and I think the SCA in SCAB needs to show way more responsibilty to keep Gabe’s vision from being polluted.

There are 70 million blogs so imagine the stench. The loudest and stinkiest stench in my reading circle comes continuously from the mouth of Jason Calacanis. I don’t read his blog, but see his name in the Tech blogs. He is a self appointed A-Lister (?). He has been sent to exile at AOL, but someone left his microphone on and he just keeps talking.

It is an interesting strategy and it works to some extent. Like Cramer these days, if you talk all day, some stuff seems spot on. The A Listers have been attacking PayPerPost . Jason the loudest. He has no idea what he is talking about. IF HE DID, HE WOULD BE WORKING FOR GOOGLE and not just a paycheck. AOL is to the internet what the horse and buggy was to transportation. It will get you there, but you will have aged, you occasionally have to deal with assholes and it just stinks.

Loren just takes apart Calacanis in this video from his kitchen. If Loren was running Netscape, they may not have the same fake traffic as they do now, but at least the content would be interesting – and funny.