Those idea thieving bastards at MTV

A little while ago I gave an update on my company TASS Online and mentioned that our first site TopOf.co.uk, a popularity contest similar to HotorNot although instead of rating people it was purely based on the number of views a particular photo received.

Then when I got home this evening I glanced at TechCrunch to find the following post.


So NextorNot may not be exactly the same, and it is far superior to TopOf, but it does demonstrate to me that our logic was sound. I find it extremely encouraging that a company the size of MTV thought that an idea similar to mine was worth pursuing. It proves to me that I'm not just thinking up silly ideas and fooling myself that they have a commercial potential.

Thanks MTV you not-so-thieving-but-rather-encouraging-bastards!