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Anil Dash (the gossip site he refers to is Valleywag): “My most consistent (and probably harshest) criticisms of San Francisco come from the times it embodies the worst caricatures of liberalism. A complete unwillingness to be uncritical, an almost astoundingly low set of criteria for acceptance -- these aren't the traits that encourage a community or a culture to improve. So, even if only a gossip site, just the fact that someone's willing to point out that some things suck is a helpful counterpoint to the prevailing sense that everything is good enough. It's that "good enough" that makes a paper like the Bay Guardian stop trying to learn from its community's desires.”