Techodyssey

Join me as I explore, learn and have fun with technology.

A Call for Manners in the World of Nasty Blogs

Posted by Jim on 10 April 2007

High-profile figures in high-tech are proposing a blogger code of conduct to clean up the quality of online discourse. Many bloggers have been the victim of abuse, harrassment and even threats. Now some are suggesting a voluntary code of conduct among bloggers and commenters.

While the internet is a place for free speech does that free speech give everyone the right to abuse anyone they choose? Does a blogger have the right to delete any comment left on their blog?

What do you think?

read more | digg story

Leave a Reply

XHTML: You can use these tags: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <pre> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>