Mark Cuban Turns Off Comments

Posted on June 23, 2006

Mark Cuban, the blogging Dallas Mavericks owner, has turned off comments on his blog. In a post about name calling he writes that blog comments have become worthless.

The NBA is at an interesting crossroads. There are unique situations today that can enable it to lever up and thrive and push its media customers to new heights, or that could destabilize it.
Its all in the data. And I wish I could tell you about it. But i would get fined for it.
And for the record, I have nothing to say about the finals. That was last season.
For the record, Im not turning on comments, they have devolved to the point where they add no value.

It wouldn't be a surprise is Cuban turns them back on again in the future. Steve Rubel at Micropersuasion.com has a post about Cuban's decision to turn off comments. Rubel still insists on finding a way to mine these "valuable" comments. Is thar gold in them thar comments? Anyone who thinks so obviously hasn't read the comments on the celebrity gossip blogs which are often full of redundant unseemly nonsense.