Tim O’Reilly just posted the draft of a Blogger’s Code of Conduct that he’s hoping we all adopt. I instantly asked the mob hanging out on Twitter what they thought. Brett Nordquist had this funny thought:
“Something tells me the sites with the ‘Anything Goes’ logo will be more interesting.”
I’m not able to currently sign this, either. First I allow anonymous comments. I do watch for hate speech, though, and delete that when it’s found (pretty rare, actually).
Second, I engage with my trolls. Why? Cause if they show up here I think they deserve an answer and I find they often get me to think deeper about the topic that I’m writing about than if we didn’t engage in a little gutter wrestling.
Third, I’ve broken the “talk privately” plank several times before and I’m not sure I would be able to stay true to that one, either. I blog. I don’t back channel. I don’t beg for links behind your back the way many other sites do (and sometimes even require). If I have a problem with something you wrote on your blog I think we should play it out in public. If I’m wrong, that’ll be part of the public record. I don’t like back room “deals” between bloggers. Makes me wonder what else they are doing in the back room. But I do understand the principle here, and, truth be told, I do value opinions of people who do their homework first. When I haven’t done my homework first it’s hurt me.
So, for now, I guess I’d have to wear the “anything goes” badge.
I do find disquieting the social pressure to get on board with this program. Tim O’Reilly is a guy who really can affect one’s career online (and off, too). I do have to admit that I feel some pressure just to get on board here and that makes me feel very uneasy.
How about you?
UPDATE: this is at the top of TechMeme right now too, with tons of comments coming in.
This morning I came across Seeking Media. This is an online press release platform that enables you to send your news directly to press, broadcast and online media at the click of a button, quickly, easily and cost- effectively, from anywhere at any time. Google has listed this site as an important source of news items. Sounds like it is worth a look next time you’ re doing a media release.
This morning I came across Seeking Media. This is an online press release platform that enables you to send your news directly to press, broadcast and online media at the click of a button, quickly, easily and cost- effectively, from anywhere at any time. Google has listed this site as an important source of news items. Sounds like it is worth a look next time you’ re doing a media releas
This morning I came across Seeking Media. This is an online press release platform that enables you to send your news directly to press, broadcast and online media at the click of a button, quickly, easily and cost- effectively, from anywhere at any time. Google has listed this site as an important source of news items. Sounds like it is worth a look next time you’ re doing a media releas
Google has listed this site as an important source of news items. Sounds like it is worth a look next time you’ re doing a media releas
Google has listed this site as an important source of news items. Sounds like it is worth a look next time you’ re doing a media releas
[...] deeply involved in the blogging community and takes on issues that concern all bloggers, like the blogging code of conduct , and when bloggers are behaving badly . When you read his blog, you think you see the person [...]
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When there is a code in place – the most interesting blogs will become the ones that tread closest to the edges.
Rules are for a reason – they are meant to be broken and its a lot of fun when they are.
thanks
When there is a code in place – the most interesting blogs will become the ones that tread closest to the edges.
Rules are for a reason – they are meant to be broken and its a lot of fun when they are.
thanks
I spent the last two years writing about my optimism about blogs and the wonderful opportunity it gave us. I was so wrong. The threatening emails, photos, outright lying posts, and having all my personal data (ss, home address, etc.) posted all over the net SINCE I went public have proved that to me once and for all.
very nice
I spent the last two years writing about my optimism about blogs and the wonderful opportunity it gave us. I was so wrong. The threatening emails, photos, outright lying posts, and having all my personal data (ss, home address, etc.) posted all over the net SINCE I went public have proved that to me once and for all.
very nice
It may not have been Tim’s original intent, but people are already starting to use this to draw a black-and-white line between “follows the ‘Civility Enforced’ rules and ‘Anything Goes’.” Which is nonsense. There is a lot of room for bloggers of good faith who don’t agree with with one or more of the (in my opinion overbearing) O’Reilly-backed rules to run civil upstanding blogs, but they’re going to get lumped in with the freefire zones as this debate degenerates to namecalling.
It may not have been Tim’s original intent, but people are already starting to use this to draw a black-and-white line between “follows the ‘Civility Enforced’ rules and ‘Anything Goes’.” Which is nonsense. There is a lot of room for bloggers of good faith who don’t agree with with one or more of the (in my opinion overbearing) O’Reilly-backed rules to run civil upstanding blogs, but they’re going to get lumped in with the freefire zones as this debate degenerates to namecalling.
When meankids site owner _later_ says that “what it later became was not the initial intent of the site”, then why not publish it’s intent? [And it's not just the comments but even the posts on it crossed the line of civility.] Publishing a CoC not only helps stop unwanted content on your blog but also to protect yourself/your blog against being abused as was the case with meadkids site. If all the bloggers of the meankids site had subscribed to that _original-intent_ would it have all those nasty posts?
When meankids site owner _later_ says that “what it later became was not the initial intent of the site”, then why not publish it’s intent? [And it's not just the comments but even the posts on it crossed the line of civility.] Publishing a CoC not only helps stop unwanted content on your blog but also to protect yourself/your blog against being abused as was the case with meadkids site. If all the bloggers of the meankids site had subscribed to that _original-intent_ would it have all those nasty posts?
[...] In 2007, one of the most brilliant people I have ever heard speak, and whose blog I followed avidly was subjected to death threats and a lot of abuse on the internet. Her name is Kathy Sierra and while she still does things, the personal connection I had is long over with. The death threats and harassment were deemed to be out of line, which is good, most of us do not want to participate in that kind of environment anyways. What came out of that incident though was the idea of a bloggers code of conduct that caused its own blog storm of controversy when it was proposed by Tim O’Reilly and talked about by Robert Scoble. [...]
avidly was subjected to death threats and a lot of abuse on the internet. Her name is Kathy Sierra and while she still does things, the personal connection I had is long over with. The death threats and harassment were deemed to be out of line, which is good, most of us do not want to participate in that kind of environment anyways. What came out of that incident though was the
The death threats and harassment were deemed to be out of line, which is good, most of us do not want to participate in that kind of environment anyways. What came out of that incident though was the
The death threats and harassment were deemed to be out of line, which is good, most of us do not want to participate in that kind of environment anyways. What came out of that incident though was the
Is just fucking inane. First, tell me how you're going to prove it's a “valid” email address. Right, so that's crap. Secondly, if you allow them to use an alias?
avidly was subjected to death threats and a lot of abuse on the internet. Her name is Kathy Sierra and while she still does things, the personal connection I had is long over with. The death threats and harassment were deemed to be out of line, which is good, most of us do not want to participate in that kind of environment anyways. What came out of that incident though was the
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