Comments on: What Will You Not Blog About?

By: Jon Griffith

Jon Griffith — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:27:10 +0000

Facts and evidence. I leave religion and politics out, always. If there’s no evidence to support what I write, then I probably won’t write it. Speculation and gossip can cause serious problems.

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:09:55 +0000

Would you even blog about worms?? lol

By: Graeme Hunter

Graeme Hunter — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 10:16:25 +0000

I tend towards the maxim of “If it will cause me or others trouble, don’t write it”. I don’t mind a good argument over opinion on a topic, but I see that as different to actually causing trouble. I have both a personal blog in my own name, and write on a work blog, with links between, so I have to be on my best behaviour.

By: Rhys

Rhys — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 09:15:45 +0000

I try to avoid work. I occassionally do talk about it if a story starts in work but doesn’t revolve around it. They know my blog and are cool with it.

I don’t talk about anything I’m not qualified to talk about – but generally everything is fair game.

By: Big Fella

Big Fella — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 22:07:12 +0000

My blog’s tagline reads: “The Big Fella’s Department Of Somewhat Questionable Musings” and the Catgories I list in my sidebar are: Celebritydom, Criminal Minds, Ethics & Human Values, Eye Catchers, Humanity’s Best, Humanity’s Worst, Humor, Media, Modern Life, Newsworthy, and Politics.

I try to stay within the confines of those categories, which are actually a rather broad list.

I do not do gossip, I don’t like to use gratuitous profanity in my postings, I am not a shill for anyone. Just a guy sharing my observations on what piques my interest at any given time and creating commentary reflecting my values, and exercising my activist urges.

By: Richard H

Richard H — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 22:04:23 +0000

Strictly WordPress with sprinkles of blogging topics. And like Barbara, no demoralizing, defamatory, derogatory, or other de..ory posts.

And no foul language. It’s just not necessary to get a point across, in my opinion.

A wise man once told me, “a foul mouth is a sign of a feeble mind trying to express itself forcefully.”

By: Lorelle VanFossen

Lorelle VanFossen — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:38:36 +0000

@Chris Garrett: I'm with you on the "do no harm" thing. Totally. Nothing like the Prime Directive for a good moral code. :D

By: Shortshire

Shortshire — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:23:16 +0000

I try to avoid anything that involves my job. Anything that can affect my coworkers’ attitudes towards me are off limits.

By: Barbara Ling (aka Owlbert)

Barbara Ling (aka Owlbert) — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:51:52 +0000

I will not blog about anything that is meant to bring another person down. I’m a big believer in treating others the way I’d like to be treated myself.

Enjoy,

Barbara

By: Chris Garrett

Chris Garrett — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:34:10 +0000

I would rather be a positive than destructive influence, like a “do no harm” thing.

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:13:56 +0000

I cover a tiny niche market (opera, and occasionally classical music). I will generally avoid writing negative reviews about performances or recordings. I’ve only made one exception to this rule over the years. I figure there’s no point in discussing how bad something is, especially when there’s so much good stuff out there. I’d rather save my writing effort for worthwhile projects and simply ignore the crappy ones.

By: AJ

AJ — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:18:04 +0000

I mostly cover tech, gaming, blogging, and random things on my blog. I always try keep the content under PG-13 though.

By: Lorelle VanFossen

Lorelle VanFossen — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:10:40 +0000

@Jeremy Steele: So you are a no-holds-barred blogger. No limits to what you will blog about? Sex? Murder? Mayhem?

By: Jeremy Steele

Jeremy Steele — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:43:28 +0000

I tend to cover pretty much everything – but the more iffy subjects like conspiracies I am either incredibly sarcastic about or I just cover them briefly.