Comments on: How To Get A Code of Conduct Widely Adopted http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/09/how-to-get-a-code-of-conduct-widely-adopted/ 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 By: Thoughts on the Bloggers Code Of Conduct - Take Responsibility » Reality Wired http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/09/how-to-get-a-code-of-conduct-widely-adopted/comment-page-1/#comment-180211 Thoughts on the Bloggers Code Of Conduct - Take Responsibility » Reality Wired Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:16:02 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/09/how-to-get-a-code-of-conduct-widely-adopted/#comment-180211 [...] So I followed a link this morning title “How To Get A Code Of Conduct Widely Accepted“. The link was to Blog Herald so it’s got to be something worth reading. The post was in response to a post that Tim O’Reilly made back in march proposing a “Bloggers Code Of Conduct” which in turn was in response to the whole ordeal with Kathy Sierra, a high-tech book author from Boulder County, Colo., who reported getting death threats that stemmed in part from a dispute over whether it was acceptable to delete the impolitic comments left by visitors to someone’s personal Web site. [...] [...] So I followed a link this morning title “How To Get A Code Of Conduct Widely Accepted“. The link was to Blog Herald so it’s got to be something worth reading. The post was in response to a post that Tim O’Reilly made back in march proposing a “Bloggers Code Of Conduct” which in turn was in response to the whole ordeal with Kathy Sierra, a high-tech book author from Boulder County, Colo., who reported getting death threats that stemmed in part from a dispute over whether it was acceptable to delete the impolitic comments left by visitors to someone’s personal Web site. [...]

]]> By: mblair http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/09/how-to-get-a-code-of-conduct-widely-adopted/comment-page-1/#comment-180163 mblair Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:08:14 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/09/how-to-get-a-code-of-conduct-widely-adopted/#comment-180163 Interesting hypothetical. However, I think this would energize a more unified response from the Anti-CodeOfConduct crowd, with accompanying lists of bloggers that refuse to be intimidated and that the PageRank opportunities of this overall effort would end up dwarfing those that could be offered by the group trying to strongarm it. Like an elephant, the market is going to move where the market is going to move. And the PageRank will follow. Interesting hypothetical. However, I think this would energize a more unified response from the Anti-CodeOfConduct crowd, with accompanying lists of bloggers that refuse to be intimidated and that the PageRank opportunities of this overall effort would end up dwarfing those that could be offered by the group trying to strongarm it.

Like an elephant, the market is going to move where the market is going to move. And the PageRank will follow.

]]> By: Yehuda Berlinger http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/09/how-to-get-a-code-of-conduct-widely-adopted/comment-page-1/#comment-180067 Yehuda Berlinger Tue, 10 Apr 2007 09:53:29 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/09/how-to-get-a-code-of-conduct-widely-adopted/#comment-180067 A week prior to the Kathy Sierra thing, I made my own Blogger Code of Ethics, which I think was a little less severe: http://jergames.blogspot.com/2007/03/blogger-code-of-ethics.html Why don't you adopt it? ;-) Yehuda A week prior to the Kathy Sierra thing, I made my own Blogger Code of Ethics, which I think was a little less severe:

http://jergames.blogspot.com/2007/03/blogger-code-of-ethics.html

Why don’t you adopt it? ;-)

Yehuda

]]> By: Daniel DiRito http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/09/how-to-get-a-code-of-conduct-widely-adopted/comment-page-1/#comment-179997 Daniel DiRito Mon, 09 Apr 2007 23:27:47 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/09/how-to-get-a-code-of-conduct-widely-adopted/#comment-179997 Where is my Easter Bonnet? While some may see the blogosphere and the behavior of its participants as a new phenomenon, it isn't difficult to find an appropriate predecessor model. That model is found on the streets of any metropolitan area and it is called traffic and the prevalence of road rudeness...or in its extreme...road rage. Granted, personal attacks and snark on the internet are not likely to lead to fatalities, but if computers had wheels, it certainly would. The problem on the highway or the internet isn't going to be resolved through a badge system. Did anyone attend Easter mass yesterday and witness the value of symbols...no not the crucifix behind the altar or the statue at the entrance; I'm talking about the pretty new Easter outfits...complete with bonnets and bow ties. These are the outfits worn by the same people who also attend Christmas mass every year without fail...and then get into their shiny clean vehicle and race out of the parking lot without ever yielding to the old woman walking to her car that is parked in the back row because she forgot that it was Easter Sunday and foolishly arrived at the same time she does each and every Sunday. Read more on the relationship between blog civility and Easter Bonnets...here: <a href="http://www.thoughttheater.com/2007/04/web_civility_and_easter_bonnets.php" rel="nofollow">www.thoughttheater.com</a> Where is my Easter Bonnet?

While some may see the blogosphere and the behavior of its participants as a new phenomenon, it isn’t difficult to find an appropriate predecessor model. That model is found on the streets of any metropolitan area and it is called traffic and the prevalence of road rudeness…or in its extreme…road rage.

Granted, personal attacks and snark on the internet are not likely to lead to fatalities, but if computers had wheels, it certainly would.

The problem on the highway or the internet isn’t going to be resolved through a badge system. Did anyone attend Easter mass yesterday and witness the value of symbols…no not the crucifix behind the altar or the statue at the entrance; I’m talking about the pretty new Easter outfits…complete with bonnets and bow ties. These are the outfits worn by the same people who also attend Christmas mass every year without fail…and then get into their shiny clean vehicle and race out of the parking lot without ever yielding to the old woman walking to her car that is parked in the back row because she forgot that it was Easter Sunday and foolishly arrived at the same time she does each and every Sunday.

Read more on the relationship between blog civility and Easter Bonnets…here:

http://www.thoughttheater.com

]]> By: Elaine Vigneault http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/09/how-to-get-a-code-of-conduct-widely-adopted/comment-page-1/#comment-179995 Elaine Vigneault Mon, 09 Apr 2007 23:22:20 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/09/how-to-get-a-code-of-conduct-widely-adopted/#comment-179995 You made me think and I appreciate that. But mostly I appreciate your honesty about marketing blog stuffs and memes. You made me think and I appreciate that. But mostly I appreciate your honesty about marketing blog stuffs and memes.

]]> By: Stan Schroeder http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/09/how-to-get-a-code-of-conduct-widely-adopted/comment-page-1/#comment-179981 Stan Schroeder Mon, 09 Apr 2007 21:24:29 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/04/09/how-to-get-a-code-of-conduct-widely-adopted/#comment-179981 I think it will go down this way naturally, even without any conscious effort on Tim's part. The attention is definitely there, although lots of it is negative. My personal opinion (expressed in comments all around the place) would still (even if it meant not getting into the club) be the same. While I appreciate Tim's work, especially what he's done with defining Web 2.0, in this particular case I view him as the guy who comes into the chatroom full of nicks like "babypants17" and "usuck" and goes: why do you guys have to be so mean? Why can't we have a meaningful discussion round here? It's cute, but it doesn't work. I think it will go down this way naturally, even without any conscious effort on Tim’s part. The attention is definitely there, although lots of it is negative.

My personal opinion (expressed in comments all around the place) would still (even if it meant not getting into the club) be the same. While I appreciate Tim’s work, especially what he’s done with defining Web 2.0, in this particular case I view him as the guy who comes into the chatroom full of nicks like “babypants17″ and “usuck” and goes: why do you guys have to be so mean? Why can’t we have a meaningful discussion round here?

It’s cute, but it doesn’t work.

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