I'm not saying it's not worth being proud of. It is, for sure.
But is it worthy of being industry wide news? Most of the time, no. Most of these press releases contain no actual information that would be of interest to anyone who's life is not directly affected by that money.
That's my point. Sure, tell all your friends. Post on Facebook and Twitter. Great!
Hell even send out a press release. But industry news sources should not be reprinting these press releases, and we should not be upvoting them, unless they have actual content beyond "Hey these guys got some money to pursue their project."
But is it worthy of being industry wide news? Most of the time, no. Most of these press releases contain no actual information that would be of interest to anyone who's life is not directly affected by that money.
That's my point. Sure, tell all your friends. Post on Facebook and Twitter. Great!
Hell even send out a press release. But industry news sources should not be reprinting these press releases, and we should not be upvoting them, unless they have actual content beyond "Hey these guys got some money to pursue their project."