Blogger's Code of Conduct

The Blogger's Code of Conduct is a proposal by Tim O'Reilly for bloggers to enforce civility on their bloggers by being civil themselves and moderating comments on their blog. The code was proposed due to threats made to blogger Kathy Sierra [cite web|url=http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/03/call_for_a_blog_1.html|title=Call for a Blogger's Code of Conduct|publisher=O'Reilly Radar|author=Tim O'Reilly|date=2007-03-03|accessdate=2007-04-14] . The idea of the code was first reported by BBC News, who quoted O'Reilly saying, "I do think we need some code of conduct around what is acceptable behaviour, I would hope that it doesn't come through any kind of regulation it would come through self-regulation." [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6502643.stm|title=Call for blogging code of conduct|publisher=BBC News|date=2007-03-28|accessdate=2007-04-14]

O'Reilly and others came up with a list of seven proposed ideas:
#Take responsibility not just for your own words, but for the comments you allow on your blog.
#Label your tolerance level for abusive comments.
#Consider eliminating anonymous comments.
#Ignore the trolls.
#Take the conversation offline, and talk directly, or find an intermediary who can do so.
#If you know someone who is behaving badly, tell them so.
#Don't say anything online that you wouldn't say in person.

In later comments, O'Reilly gave a tacit endorsement of Jon Garfunkel's Comment Management Proposal [cite web|url=http://civilities.net/CommResp-Proposal|title=Comment Management Responsibilities - A proposal=Civilities|date=2007-04-14|accessdate=2007-04-15] : "Jon, your post at Comment Management Responsibility: A Proposal is very detailed and thought provoking, as well as way more comprehensive than anything I'd thought so far."

References

External links

* [http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/04/draft_bloggers_1.html Draft Blogger's Code of Conduct]
* [http://blogging.wikia.com/wiki/Blogger%27s_Code_of_Conduct Blogger's Code of Conduct at Blogging Wikia]
* [http://www.yankeesailor.us/?p=113 MilBlogs Rules of Engagement]
* [http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/04/code_of_conduct.html Code of Conduct: Lessons Learned So Far] , by Tim O'Reilly
* [http://www.blogger.com/content.g Blogger Content Policy]