Comments on: Blogging Code of Conduct http://freshblogger.com/2007/04/blogging-code-of-conduct/ Fresh ideas for blogging, making money, and living a more productive life Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:43:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: ray http://freshblogger.com/2007/04/blogging-code-of-conduct/#comment-28105 ray Fri, 20 Apr 2007 10:53:29 +0000 http://freshblogger.com/2007/04/blogging-code-of-conduct/#comment-28105 Hi Latimer. I worry about the same things. First the talk about standardizing technology, now the talk about standardizing content. Most people don't seem to be aware of the continued spread of attempts to control free expression in the Western world. This isn't a right wing or left wing thing, either. There are quite often shrill voices from either side crying for someone to be silenced when an offensive comment is made. We have to remember that there is no inherent individual right to be protected from comments that may offend us. Although people like Kathy Sierra have a right to live without death threats, there are already legal means of dealing with the situation. The problem isn't that we bloggers are an unruly crowd that needs to be regulated. Thanks for your comment! Hi Latimer. I worry about the same things. First the talk about standardizing technology, now the talk about standardizing content.

Most people don’t seem to be aware of the continued spread of attempts to control free expression in the Western world. This isn’t a right wing or left wing thing, either. There are quite often shrill voices from either side crying for someone to be silenced when an offensive comment is made. We have to remember that there is no inherent individual right to be protected from comments that may offend us.

Although people like Kathy Sierra have a right to live without death threats, there are already legal means of dealing with the situation. The problem isn’t that we bloggers are an unruly crowd that needs to be regulated. Thanks for your comment!

]]> By: Latimer Williams http://freshblogger.com/2007/04/blogging-code-of-conduct/#comment-27916 Latimer Williams Thu, 19 Apr 2007 19:21:57 +0000 http://freshblogger.com/2007/04/blogging-code-of-conduct/#comment-27916 It takes away from the creativity of bloggers and it seems as if the whole Web 2.0 party that O'Reilly has been screaming from the mountaintop is morphing into a propietary standard instead of open and free so we encourage originality. It takes away from the creativity of bloggers and it seems as if the whole Web 2.0 party that O’Reilly has been screaming from the mountaintop is morphing into a propietary standard instead of open and free so we encourage originality.

]]> By: ray http://freshblogger.com/2007/04/blogging-code-of-conduct/#comment-27829 ray Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:09:16 +0000 http://freshblogger.com/2007/04/blogging-code-of-conduct/#comment-27829 Hi notfearingchange. That just underscores the importance of letting readers know what to expect from us. Is this a responsibility on our part as bloggers? That's a very good question to ask. Maybe the topic for another post... Thanks for your comment! Hi notfearingchange. That just underscores the importance of letting readers know what to expect from us. Is this a responsibility on our part as bloggers? That’s a very good question to ask. Maybe the topic for another post… Thanks for your comment!

]]> By: notfearingchange http://freshblogger.com/2007/04/blogging-code-of-conduct/#comment-27728 notfearingchange Thu, 19 Apr 2007 01:31:31 +0000 http://freshblogger.com/2007/04/blogging-code-of-conduct/#comment-27728 Hey there, Great post. I recently posted something similarly due to a comment I had to moderate. Since my blog deals with issues a bit more personal i have to be careful that if i am close to disclosing something regarding someone else I protect their anonymity. Just because I want my life broadcast does not mean everyone else does too. Hey there,

Great post. I recently posted something similarly due to a comment I had to moderate. Since my blog deals with issues a bit more personal i have to be careful that if i am close to disclosing something regarding someone else I protect their anonymity. Just because I want my life broadcast does not mean everyone else does too.

]]> By: five 4 all - business and entertainment » O`Reilly`s code against web-users rights http://freshblogger.com/2007/04/blogging-code-of-conduct/#comment-27604 five 4 all - business and entertainment » O`Reilly`s code against web-users rights Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:51:07 +0000 http://freshblogger.com/2007/04/blogging-code-of-conduct/#comment-27604 [...] couple of days a go I pay a visit HERE. Ray, my dear friend, told me about some “code of bloggers conduite” or kinda [...] [...] couple of days a go I pay a visit HERE. Ray, my dear friend, told me about some “code of bloggers conduite” or kinda [...]

]]> By: ray http://freshblogger.com/2007/04/blogging-code-of-conduct/#comment-27479 ray Wed, 18 Apr 2007 01:46:02 +0000 http://freshblogger.com/2007/04/blogging-code-of-conduct/#comment-27479 Hi Court. I think you're on to something. Having a voluntary code of conduct can enhance the relationship and also increase the level of trust between blogger and readers. We really have the beginnings of this already with privacy, disclosure, and comment policies. These create a sort of contract with our readers so they know what to expect from us. A code of conduct page might be a good addition. Thanks for your great comment! Hi Court. I think you’re on to something. Having a voluntary code of conduct can enhance the relationship and also increase the level of trust between blogger and readers. We really have the beginnings of this already with privacy, disclosure, and comment policies. These create a sort of contract with our readers so they know what to expect from us. A code of conduct page might be a good addition. Thanks for your great comment!

]]> By: Court http://freshblogger.com/2007/04/blogging-code-of-conduct/#comment-27406 Court Tue, 17 Apr 2007 20:11:27 +0000 http://freshblogger.com/2007/04/blogging-code-of-conduct/#comment-27406 Great points. I think that blogs should have their own code of conduct. I think I'll write my own and post it on my blog, so that my readers know what to expect. I am very much against having a universal code of conduct though because that would be super boring and would take away some of the freedom of blogging. Great points. I think that blogs should have their own code of conduct. I think I’ll write my own and post it on my blog, so that my readers know what to expect. I am very much against having a universal code of conduct though because that would be super boring and would take away some of the freedom of blogging.

]]> By: ray http://freshblogger.com/2007/04/blogging-code-of-conduct/#comment-27350 ray Tue, 17 Apr 2007 15:42:47 +0000 http://freshblogger.com/2007/04/blogging-code-of-conduct/#comment-27350 Good point, Mike. Maybe I should try stirring up more controversy on this blog... Good point, Mike. Maybe I should try stirring up more controversy on this blog…

]]> By: Mike http://freshblogger.com/2007/04/blogging-code-of-conduct/#comment-27348 Mike Tue, 17 Apr 2007 15:37:51 +0000 http://freshblogger.com/2007/04/blogging-code-of-conduct/#comment-27348 It's lame. O'Reilly knows it's lame. But it gets people talking and linking and that is never a bad thing, right? It’s lame. O’Reilly knows it’s lame. But it gets people talking and linking and that is never a bad thing, right?

]]> By: ray http://freshblogger.com/2007/04/blogging-code-of-conduct/#comment-27184 ray Mon, 16 Apr 2007 18:01:59 +0000 http://freshblogger.com/2007/04/blogging-code-of-conduct/#comment-27184 Hi Valentin. I agree that the bad blogs will be punished by lack of readers. Of course, there will always be a certain number of visitors who will be looking for something that is negative or vicious. Nothing we can do about that, though. Thanks for commenting! Hi Valentin. I agree that the bad blogs will be punished by lack of readers. Of course, there will always be a certain number of visitors who will be looking for something that is negative or vicious. Nothing we can do about that, though. Thanks for commenting!

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