http://www.blogherald.com/2005/02/17/is-mark-jen-the-blogospheres-dumbest-blogger/ The leading source of news covering social media and the blogosphere. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:18:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.blogherald.com/2005/02/17/is-mark-jen-the-blogospheres-dumbest-blogger/comment-page-1/#comment-27092 anon Wed, 11 May 2005 13:59:35 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2005/02/17/is-mark-jen-the-blogospheres-dumbest-blogger/#comment-27092 He should be able to say what he likes on his blog without fear of being fired. If he said something that was untrue then the employer can always take legal action - but the idea of employees being too afraid to write or say what they think for fear of being thrown onto the scrapheap strikes me as being decidedly dangerous - employers would then more or less have the right to "police" their workers opinions and writings outside of the hours in which their services are rented. I don't know what this person said in his blog, but people aren't simply economic units employers can hire or fire at will. Every employer owes their employees a duty of care, so equating his "right" to say what he likes in his blog with an employers "right" to fire him is misleading. He should be able to say what he likes on his blog without fear of being fired. If he said something that was untrue then the employer can always take legal action – but the idea of employees being too afraid to write or say what they think for fear of being thrown onto the scrapheap strikes me as being decidedly dangerous – employers would then more or less have the right to “police” their workers opinions and writings outside of the hours in which their services are rented. I don’t know what this person said in his blog, but people aren’t simply economic units employers can hire or fire at will. Every employer owes their employees a duty of care, so equating his “right” to say what he likes in his blog with an employers “right” to fire him is misleading.

]]> http://www.blogherald.com/2005/02/17/is-mark-jen-the-blogospheres-dumbest-blogger/comment-page-1/#comment-16197 raving lunacy Fri, 18 Feb 2005 00:28:33 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2005/02/17/is-mark-jen-the-blogospheres-dumbest-blogger/#comment-16197 <strong>Is Mark Jen the Blogosphere’s dumbest blogger?</strong> Link: Is Mark Jen the Blogosphere’s dumbest blogger?. Is Mark Jen the Blogosphere’s dumbest blogger? Duncan Riley> Yes, I know I’m going to get blasted for this headline but tough, after reading over and over again about poor Mark Jen who got sac... Is Mark Jen the Blogosphere’s dumbest blogger?
Link: Is Mark Jen the Blogosphere’s dumbest blogger?. Is Mark Jen the Blogosphere’s dumbest blogger? Duncan Riley> Yes, I know I’m going to get blasted for this headline but tough, after reading over and over again about poor Mark Jen who got sac…

]]> http://www.blogherald.com/2005/02/17/is-mark-jen-the-blogospheres-dumbest-blogger/comment-page-1/#comment-16172 Angela Booth's Writing Blog Thu, 17 Feb 2005 21:39:55 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2005/02/17/is-mark-jen-the-blogospheres-dumbest-blogger/#comment-16172 <strong>Giggle of the Day: Dumb or really, really smart?</strong> The Blog Herald is revisiting the Mark-Jen-fired-by-Google-for-blogging story: Giggle of the Day: Dumb or really, really smart?
The Blog Herald is revisiting the Mark-Jen-fired-by-Google-for-blogging story:

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