Tim O’Reilly Calls for Blogger’s Code of Conduct

April 30th, 2007 · No Comments

Tim O’Reilly was quoted in a BBC article a few days ago and a San Francisco Chronicle article on Thursday calling for a “Blogger’s Code of Conduct” in response to the firestorm that has arisen as a result of Kathy Sierra’s revelation
that she’s been targeted by a series of increasingly violent and
disturbing anonymous comments on her blog and on a series of weblogs
that appeared to have been created for the purpose of celebrating cyber-bullying.

His seven main points follow below:

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.

Source: Call for a Blogger’s Code of Conduct