Loopt, Justin.tv, Xobni and Scribd in Top 50 Tech startups of 2009

Could somebody please explain to me the value that Scribd provides? Google already indexes PDF's, and Scribd just seems to get in the way of me reaching the content I want.

I would probably trust a random HNer's Top 50 list over BusinessWeek's.

I hope there is a very hot place in hell for whomever came up with the idea of "slideshows" for web content.

wow: some awesome companies I haven't heard of here - livescribe, sermo, modu, Nila

Ning has been singlehandedly ruined for me by the mylocator.com guy. Thanks to him, it just screams 'SPAM!' everytimg I hear anything about it.

There are at least 3 companies on there (none from YC) that have raised tens of millions and appear to be swirling down the drain.