BlogHers in the New York Times
I have to second Surrender Dorothy and congratulate BlogHer’s co-founders for their strong presence in a New York Times story today.
The story, “A Call for Manners in the World of Nasty Blogs,” shows why BlogHer gets it. Even though “it” is controversial for many bloggers who believe the Internet is about absolute free speech. The blogger Robert Scoble says, “As a writer, it makes me feel like I live in Iran.†I think that’s a bit extreme. Blogging can too quickly become vitriolic and mean-spirited without “rules of play.” Vitriol can be part of free speech, but should not replace clear, civil, meaningful expression and discussion.
Lisa Stone said “Any community that does not make it clear what they are doing, why they are doing it, and who is welcome to join the conversation is at risk of finding it difficult to help guide the conversation later,†said Lisa Stone, who created the guidelines and the BlogHer network in 2006 with Elisa Camahort and Jory Des Jardins.
A subtext of both sets of rules is that bloggers are responsible for everything that appears on their own pages, including comments left by visitors. They say that bloggers should also have the right to delete such comments if they find them profane or abusive.”
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