Comments on: Jason Calacanis Declares Bankruptcy

By: Anne

Anne — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 18:23:18 +0000

I should have said “where the value of the dialogue is perceived to be increased.”

By: Anne

Anne — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 18:19:21 +0000

I dunno about the link baiting, Cord. In terms of comments, I can imagine that time spent on administration could outweigh the value, particularly if many of them are problematic as he states. The blogging community tends to err on the side on inclusiveness, even when some commenters are nasty, add little value, etc. So when comments are cut off, many in the community feel affronted because it hasn’t been the culture til now, and because the prevailing view is that there are other mechanisms to deal with the problem. Obviously I can’t speak for Jason but his pronouncement is illustrative of what I think is inevitable as social networks evolve – weighing the value of these relationshps verus the time spent managing them and pulling back to more ‘intimate’ communities where the value of the dialogue is increased.

By: Cord Silverstein

Cord Silverstein — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:16:44 +0000

Anne, I absolutely agree with you. Though as I said in my post, my issue was why did he have to stop accepting comments? Was he actually tired of dealing with his community or is this just one big link baiting exercise?

By: Anne

Anne — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:53:12 +0000

Hi Cord:
My two cents: Social networking as a phenomenon is maturing. It has real benefits, but it also attracted a lot of attention simply because it was new and different and what the cool kids were doing. At the end of the day, people are trying to simplify their lives so increasingly the trend will be to judge the value of social networking based on quality rather than quantity. Jason’s comments are representative of that trend.

By: David Millsaps

David Millsaps — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:58:36 +0000

Calacanis does indeed garnish attention from the blogosphere like a huge magnet. And while he is brilliant, Mahalo is not much more than about.com at this point. The solution on Facebook would be to only accept real friends. I’m not sure sites like Facebook even have relevance in the business world- despite what Tim Ferriss and others would have you believe- it is almost as if you need two twitters, two facebooks, etc- one for friends and one for business.

By: Cord Silverstein

Cord Silverstein — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:15:38 +0000

Pete – I know and I would not be surprised if this whole thing was just some big link baiting exercise, but as I said before, I felt compelled to write something. Thanks for your comments.

By: Pete W

Pete W — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 08:17:04 +0000

Jason is brilliant at one thing – being noticed. Everything he does is calculated to make people do exactly what you’ve done – write about him.

By: Cord Silverstein

Cord Silverstein — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 03:32:55 +0000

Anne, I agree his post has caused a myriad of thoughts and comments. What did you think of his post?

By: Cord Silverstein

Cord Silverstein — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 03:29:57 +0000

Ev – I absolutely agree with you and I knew I already lost when I linked to him, but after reading his post, I had to respond.

By: Ev

Ev — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 03:27:50 +0000

Cord, you played right into his little trap and linked to him. This guy is a perpetual whiner, its no wonder so many people dislike him. He fell as backwards into millions and now just wants the attention. Its rather annoying.