{"id":122,"date":"2003-08-08T12:39:59","date_gmt":"2003-08-08T19:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.redeaglespirit.com\/arrrgh\/blogging_ethics\/"},"modified":"2003-08-08T12:39:59","modified_gmt":"2003-08-08T19:39:59","slug":"blogging_ethics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.redeaglespirit.com\/arrrgh\/blogging_ethics\/","title":{"rendered":"Blogging Ethics?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was visiting at Altered Perceptions <\/a>this morning, and came across a post questioning whether there should be a Code of Ethics for bloggers. Dawn provided a link to Calblog <\/a>where the proposal for the Code of Ethics has been made. I strongly encourage you to visit and read the comments, but I’ll summarize them here.
\nFirst, it was felt by many that the term “Code of Ethics” was inappropriate due to the fact that blogs are a personal rather than professional endeavor. Anticipatory Retaliation <\/a>suggested that it might be more appropriate to call them “Standards,” since standards do not carry any moral weight.
\nThe sugggestion that most appealed to me was that each blogger should post their own guidelines in the “About Me” section of their blog. The most commonplace, and generally agreed upon guidelines are these:
\n1. Give credit where credit is due. Link to your sources when your post builds
\noff someone else’s work. Cite original information.
\n2. If you are reporting on factual information, check your facts.
\n3. Do not change a post significantly once it has been established on your blog.
\nPersonally, I will go back to change typos, grammar goofs, and broken
\nlinks within the first few minutes after I have posted, but rather than edit a
\npost in a way that changes the message, the better choice is to add an
\nUpdate at the bottom of the post.
\n4. Somewhere at your site, post your stand on the issue of comments. Let
\nyour readers know in advance how you handle obscenity or personal
\nattacks, should you choose to delete this material from your blog.
\n5. Do not delete a post. I’m not sure I agree with this. I have deleted one
\npost and the comments that went with it. It was a personal rant that I later
\nregretted. In the future, I might also delete a post if it caused me grief. I’d
\nlike to see some discussion of this issue as to why a blogger shouldn’t have
\ncontrol over their own blog.
\nIn the comment section at Calblog, Claxton6 (who does not have a blog link) suggested that bloggers might want to read Rebecca Blood’s “Weblog Ethics.” <\/a>I find them appropriate for blogs which focus on news or political issues, but to some degree, unnecessary for those of us whose blogs are personal commentary.
\nIf you read Dawn’s post<\/a>, you’ll see that she doesn’t feel blog police are necessary or desirable, and I agree with her. However, a collection of common practices that might guide new bloggers as they put their oars in the stream is a good idea. Let each person post their own guidelines and no one will have to pony up for police uniforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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