The Blogosphere

Wired by Tony Long | Apr. 12, 2007 (Opinion)
Where a Tawdry Culture Goes to Die

Civility? They're proposing a code of conduct for the blogosphere to ensure civility online?

Who's kidding who here?

Before you can expect a bunch of utterly spoiled, self-indulgent bloggers (i.e. the kind who indulge in their online mudslinging) to practice civility, you might try restoring a bit of it to what passes for civilization these days.

Civility is all about self-restraint. It's not about being told by someone else to ... Full Story »

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Fabrice Florin
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 by Fabrice Florin - Oct. 1, 2008

The author makes some valid points in this short opinion piece. But his provocative tone does not encourage a civil discussion - his challenge to "blogger boys" is likely to add fuel to the fire, rather than bring parties together to find a reasonable solution to this problem. We need less of the former, and more of the latter. Also check O'Reilly's response to these types of comments: http://beta.newstrust.net/.f0956c8

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