Marc's Voice

Why not name Mark Pincus as the culprit?

Kudos to Michael Arrington for outting the scams going on in social gaming and lead-gen monetization.

As soon as I heard of what Mark Pincus was up to, I knew that this would all come back to bite him.  Knowing Pincus (as I do - I worked with him at Tribe.net) I also have viewed (with amusement) all the coverage he’s been getting lately.

This is all about money - and as long as folks see Zynga making money, they’ll love Pincus.  Certainly investors like Fred Wilson love Pincus.

But wait!

You mean what he’s doing isn’t respectable?

And why didn’t Arrington name Pincus - by name?