Techcrunch losing its salt.

Lately, am finding most of the news boring and not analytical at all, Or there is just too much repetition of the same things. M.A is rarely writing posts, and when I look at the few he ever writes,they are no longer vivid as they used to be. Worse of all, Techcrunch seems not to be listening to their audience. After checking out posts here and there, I find myself clicking over to see what Mashable and Mixergy have got. This is something I rarely did before they got bought by AOL. Surprisingly, I find guest posts at TC better than those written in-house! Do you have a feeling they should seek more guest authors for their posts? What do you think about TC generally?