Marc Andreesen Goofs

Marc outlines a bunch of things he’s learned about blogging, so far, after five weeks. But he has made a mistake:

I turned off comments on this blog because I was no longer willing to spend the time required to moderate for relevance and civility, and that has me thinking hard about the topic of Internet conversation.

He goes into a long-winded discussion about conversation, one that sort of dies in a handwave about immature tools he might someday use, and how he scours technorati and techmeme to find people writing about what he has been saying. Yes, he allows trackbacks, but closing down comments is pretty much like switching into old school media mode.

Marc — You’re a billionaire, right? Hire someone to vet the comments if you are too busy.

But it’s the social side of social media that makes it worthwhile: not just getting lots of eyeballs, Marc.

[pointer: Fred Wilson, who agrees with me.]

tags: marc+andreesen, comments, blogging, old+media+in+blogs+clothing, fred+wilson