Micro Persuasion: Cuban Kills Blog Comments:
Steve is surprised by Cuban’s move. I’m not. Here’s why.
Everyone seems to have conflicting numbers on how many people read blogs and how many actively participate by posting etc. But as the number that actively participates grows, can a single person with a popular blog actually be expected to keep it completely interactive?
With a corporate blog, a team can be assigned to moderate comments, and while Cuban could definitely afford ‘people’ to do this for him that doesn’t seem to be his style.
This, along with the issue of net neutrality, points to major growing pains for many things that are essential to the Internet continuing to be the collaborative environment that has enabled it to have such transformative effects, both good and bad, on society and business.
To me the Internet is a lot like democracy in that it works because people believe in it, they contribute to it’s success and it is good for business. Wonder what will happen to the Internet if people stop contributing to it because it’s not good for bsuiness.
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