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Against the Code of Conduct

THIS IS MORE POLITICS THAN I’M WILLING TO ALLOW on this blog, but since it’s directly related to blogging itself, I have to take a position.

Why oppose the so-called “Blogger’s Code of Conduct“? It’s an overreaction. Trolls and hateful comments have been part of the internet culture since the Usenet, and no amount of regulation is going to eliminate them. And if it could, what price would bloggers have to pay? The administrative burder related to ensuring civility in comments would be especially taxing for sucessfull bloggers.

Every blogger should be clear about his or her values. And let the readers decide whether individual commenters respect them or not. And let the blog owner decide how to handle the obnoxious ones. It works - no badges necessary!

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April 9, 2007 | Filed Under Links and Quotes, Me & You, But Mostly Me, Rants 

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