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Re: Don't Be An Idiot

Dane Morgan — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 00:17:48 -0000

It's my God given right as an American to be an idiot, Andy. ;)

"It is actually funny that many of the same bloggers who harp on about not needing any form of "code of conduct" are the exact same people who think that bloggers who do paid posts should be required to have disclosure in the first line of every article."

At least I'm consistent. I think an attempt at a "code of conduct" for bloggers is about as pointless an exercise in futility as ever was, and I think disclosures are 90% like labels on lawnmowers telling people not to pick them up when they are running. If this ain't obvious to them, I think we should have stopped protecting them from themselves long long ago. For the good of everybody.

Re: Don't Be An Idiot

Dane Morgan — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 00:17:48 -0000

It's my God given right as an American to be an idiot, Andy. ;)

Re: Don't Be An Idiot

Webomatica — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 21:08:39 -0000

I can hardly wait for the T-shirt version to see if by displaying a badge, I can control the level of conversation in my first life. :)

Re: Don't Be An Idiot

Webomatica — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 21:08:39 -0000

I can hardly wait for the T-shirt version to see if by displaying a badge, I can control the level of conversation in my first life. :)

Re: Don't Be An Idiot

AndyBeard — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 13:18:29 -0000

The Fight Spam Not Blogs logo has been around for a long time on the original NoNofollow site, that used to be a wiki where you could add your own site, that has now turned into a German / English blog, probably because of spam problems, and the wiki still exists, but on a subdomain.

BTW I like that email on first comment plugin, do you have a URL for it? It would need hacking for my use for CAN-SPAM compliance but it is a neat idea.

Re: Don't Be An Idiot

AndyBeard — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 13:18:29 -0000

BTW I like that email on first comment plugin, do you have a URL for it? It would need hacking for my use for CAN-SPAM compliance but it is a neat idea.

Re: Don't Be An Idiot

Brown Baron — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 11:56:01 -0000

I like that "Fight Spam, Not Blogs". That with the DBAI image added is actually an elegant solution to the whole blogger conduct issue.

Re: Don't Be An Idiot

Brown Baron — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 11:56:01 -0000

I like that "Fight Spam, Not Blogs". That with the DBAI image added is actually an elegant solution to the whole blogger conduct issue.

Re: Don't Be An Idiot

AndyBeard — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 10:13:54 -0000

Alex possibly, but then the people who wouldn't read a comments policy are much more likely to click don't be an idiot, than go to the trouble of posting junk comments.

I would love for a site that gets dugg a lot and gets lots of junk comments to give the badge/banner a try.

Re: Don't Be An Idiot

AndyBeard — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 10:13:54 -0000

Alex possibly, but then the people who wouldn't read a comments policy are much more likely to click don't be an idiot, than go to the trouble of posting junk comments.

I would love for a site that gets dugg a lot and gets lots of junk comments to give the badge/banner a try.

Re: Don't Be An Idiot

AndyBeard — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 10:10:46 -0000

Funny enough, there are some similarities between your charter and my comments policy. I specifically reserve the right to make fun of people who break the rules.

Re: Don't Be An Idiot

AndyBeard — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 10:10:46 -0000

Funny enough, there are some similarities between your charter and my comments policy. I specifically reserve the right to make fun of people who break the rules.

Re: Don't Be An Idiot

Alex Goad — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 08:24:44 -0000

The problem with don't be an idiot is that nobody thinks it applies to them, especially idiots...

Re: Don't Be An Idiot

Alex Goad — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 08:24:44 -0000

The problem with don't be an idiot is that nobody thinks it applies to them, especially idiots...

Re: Don't Be An Idiot

Lord Matt — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 04:37:43 -0000

Very much cleaner arround the comments - I agree this does work.

If I could compare blogging to christianity just for a second: both have different flavours, styles, mores, prohabitions and taboos. For some it is beilived that one things is so and for another it is believed that another is so.

These days most christian groups publish a statement of faith just to define what it is they believe and where they stand on any core issues.

A bit like a forefather of FOAF or other "statment" XML.

I don't see why bloggers can't do likewise... oh wait we do it's called a statment & policy aka "small print" and ha existed before the world wide web.

The real issue is that some bloggers have go all "gay" (to be school boy about it) about removing comments.

I'm quite clear what happens to commetns that suck. I'll remove the any of [AEIOU] and make the commenter look stupid.

If a thing to do or not do is important enough then the answer is not a code but a charter. We the signitories of the charter plendge to do X and Y but not Z.

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Re: Don't Be An Idiot

Lord Matt — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 04:37:43 -0000

Very much cleaner arround the comments - I agree this does work.

These days most christian groups publish a statement of faith just to define what it is they believe and where they stand on any core issues.

A bit like a forefather of FOAF or other "statment" XML.

I don't see why bloggers can't do likewise... oh wait we do it's called a statment & policy aka "small print" and ha existed before the world wide web.

The real issue is that some bloggers have go all "gay" (to be school boy about it) about removing comments.

I'm quite clear what happens to commetns that suck. I'll remove the any of [AEIOU] and make the commenter look stupid.

If a thing to do or not do is important enough then the answer is not a code but a charter. We the signitories of the charter plendge to do X and Y but not Z.

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By the way tiny bug in the comments section:

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