Comment on Node ant

Goto Ao — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:39:45 -0500

Mr. Sussman has offered a plausible defense of his business model that's too provocative to ignore. Here's my reply. To begin with, Mr. Sussman need not defend his model. He did, as I said, "take the plunge". And that's not to be sneezed at. One therefore wishes him well, provided that Fast Company editorial can resist the tempation to gatekeep its online readership/members, which with the present model it can not do. Sure - a "conversation" (as Mr. Sussman puts it) will presumably occur. But, what kind of a conversation will it be?

Comment on Node ant

Goto Ao — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:54:29 -0500

First off, let me acknowledge that it is easy to be critical, harder to be constructively critical; and, harder yet to be willing to take the plunge and try something new.

Fast Talk Response -

Goto Ao — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 16:30:28 -0500

No. I don't believe so. We are up to our ears in online communities, including online business communities.

Try to do that with, of all things, journalism, even business journalism, as distinct from news junk,you end up with that rather unpleasant characterization, which is garbage in, garbage out.