Krishwords

I have been following the controversy that arose based on what Dave Winer told about Jason Calacanis‘ presentation at Gnomedex. Apart from the merits in Dave Winer’s argument about lack of value for users from Mahalo, I found one thing a bit funny. I am following both Dave Winer and Jason Calacanis in the blogosphere. I notice their styles and their philosophy. I find it a bit strange that Jason, who doesn’t mind speaking his mind even if it is hurtful to the opposite party, is upset when someone else, who might have a higher position in the hierarchy of the blogosphere, speaks their mind against him. I find this a bit hypocritical, with nothing personal against Jason. It might help Mahalo, if he finds a way to incorporate Dave Winer’s valid suggestion. Why should people come to Mahalo from Google if it can’t offer a value to users like Google does. Getting search results is just a matter of getting your queries right and getting smarter to avoid spam. You cannot base your company just on the search engine spam. You need to offer more value than what Google offers to its user base. In fact, I am thinking of writing a post on what I see as Mahalo’s disadvantages. But it is for another day and it may even be irrelevant for Jason. But Dave Winer’s suggestion about making Mahalo a platform and allow users to benefit from it, is very important if Mahalo has to gain some traction.