Oh dear, I'm still feeling a bit ranty this morning. Perhaps this will exorcise my demons?
Here is a draft code of conduct for this blog.
1 If you look thatat the entire content of this blog, you'll get some notion of how I conduct myself. It varies a bit.
2 You'll also see how visitors conduct themselves. It, too, seems to vary.
3 The past is not necessarily a guide to the future.
Frankly, I find this too long and detailed so I don't think I'll bother. Especially, as I'm sure that potentially "disruptive" elements will have have even less interest than I do in idealised prescriptions for behaviour.
Instead, let's watch this lovely YouTube. (hat tip: Chris Corrigan)
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Comments (4)
Spot on, Johnnie - making up codes for bloggers is about as useful as starting an editorial board for the blogosphere...
April 1, 2007 19:04 Permalink for comment
Johnnie
Although we all deplore what happened to Kathy, I too have no confidence that a Code of Conduct would work, or even that it is desirable.
Codes of conduct may work for the mainstream of decent bloggers, but they don't need one anyway. But they don't work for the others, who do need them.
Graham Hill
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Interim CRM Manager
April 1, 2007 19:32 Permalink for comment
Whatever Johnnie...I like your blog just fine. I have never needed any explanation about what is going on here. It sells itself, and it's you I'm here to read.
Carry on...
April 2, 2007 02:35 Permalink for comment
First, I'm sitting here, grinning wide, listening to the vid. Wow. Perfect. Amazing. Have to play it a few more times. Thanks Johnnie and Chris.
I agree, a bloggers code of conduct is not the way for most of us. It may be really useful to some who need that framework. Just don't legislate me!
What helps me is a bit of reflection and transparency. Your three bits work for me not because they are any kind of rules, but because they captured something about you. They could give me a sense if I were new to your blog, even before I read the blog for a long time.
Chris Locke shares his persona on his blog pretty clearly. So I use that context to interpret his actions. That doesn't mean I have to like nor agree with his participation in a blog that appeared to be about belittling other people. But he didn't hide behind anything about it. I did not agree with his initial response personally, but I believed it. I was deeply heartened to read he and Kathy have talked.
There are other responses on blogs where I really can't get a context of the person. I let those float past me if I can. (Sometimes I can't. What can I say. Just a human being. Anger is part of me.)
In life I have had a range of friends, and as I think about why I treasure each one of them, it is because they are genuine in who they are. Some are very different from me, with values and lifestyles I do not want to embrace. But they are genuine in that lifestyle. More, they are aware and reflective about it. They live their context.
One blog post is rarely enough context. Many of us are not blogging as journalism with the exposition of who, what, when, where and why. So when we can capture and share a bit of our context, I think it can be useful. Few blog posts are read with a long term knowledge of the blogger.
That said, I have no idea what I'd write, except that it would probably mention chocolate. Disclaimer: this was written in a blissful moment after eating a piece of toast made with this amazing chocolate bread from the farmers market. Almost as sublime as the music on the vid above. I wish you could have had a bite of it... as context, of course. ;-)
April 2, 2007 16:09 Permalink for comment