<s>
Truemors	B-General_Concept
,	O
is	O
a	O
user-created	O
rumor	O
reporting	O
site	O
founded	O
by	O
noted	O
author	O
and	O
venture	O
capitalist	O
Guy	O
Kawasaki	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
its	O
home	O
page	O
resembles	O
many	O
list-style	O
sites	O
such	O
as	O
Digg	B-Application
and	O
Reddit	B-Application
,	O
Truemors	B-General_Concept
focuses	O
on	O
"	O
true	O
rumors	O
"	O
in	O
a	O
time-sensitive	O
setting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Truemors	B-General_Concept
was	O
sold	O
to	O
NowPublic	O
in	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Of	O
particular	O
note	O
,	O
Michael	O
Arrington	O
of	O
TechCrunch	O
stated	O
in	O
a	O
May	O
15	O
review	O
,	O
"	O
I	O
like	O
the	O
idea	O
of	O
truemors	B-General_Concept
but	O
they	O
are	O
launching	O
very	O
broadly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Digg	B-Application
became	O
popular	O
based	O
on	O
focusing	O
on	O
a	O
tech	O
niche	O
to	O
start	O
(	O
and	O
it	O
may	O
be	O
stuck	O
there	O
as	O
it	O
tries	O
to	O
expand	O
)	O
.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
response	O
on	O
his	O
blog	O
,	O
he	O
wrote	O
"	O
Thanks	O
for	O
the	O
kind	O
words	O
about	O
Truemors	B-General_Concept
!	O
</s>
<s>
Truemors	B-General_Concept
has	O
been	O
criticized	O
-	O
both	O
by	O
the	O
blogosphere	O
and	O
on	O
its	O
own	O
pages	O
-	O
for	O
slow	O
load	O
times	O
and	O
"	O
chit-chat	O
"	O
posts	O
that	O
recall	O
Twitter	B-Application
.	O
</s>
