Hello girls,
This is all really exciting stuff!! As i've never taken part in a blog before i thought i'd peruse the internet looking for some information about what to do.
Here's what i found out:
A woman named Kathy Sierra who was a programming instructor and game developer created a blog called, 'Creating Passionate Users'. If you want to read it, here's the link: http://headrush.typepad.com/ It caused such an outrage that she had to cancel a public appearance at a conference in San Diego due to threatening blog posts and e-mails, including death threats.
This lead to a bloggers, 'code of conduct' which is:
1. Take responsibility not just for your own words, but for the comments you allow on your blog.
2. Label your tolerance level for abusive comments.
3. Consider eliminating anonymous comments.
4. Ignore the trolls.
5. Take the conversation offline, and talk directly, or find an intermediary.
6. If you know someone who is behaving badly, tell them so.
7. Don't say anything online that you wouldn't say in person.
You can find more details at: http:radar.oreily.com/archives/2007/04draft-bloggers-1.html
Also, check out Robert Scoble, he has very outspoken views and was surprised at the hostility he found towards women. This is an interesting point, was the hostility because the author was a woman or was it because the blogs are in some ways detached from reality. The person making the comments is not actually interacting with a human being, it's just a computer, isn't it?
Also, have a look on some of the message boards at Virgin Media.com or other similar sites. It never ceases to amaze me the level of hatred vented towards someone else who doesn't agree with what's been written. Check it out, it's fascinating. Julie Grice
3 comments:
Hello everybody! Sorry I've not been around, have had a few domestic trials and tribulations recently, mainly in the form of my 3 children! I've pretty much spent the evening looking at the message boards and discussion forums of virginmedia.com and co. You're right.....they are fascinating. One thing I noticed was how the various comments tended to steer away from the actual topic as the debate went on and get lost in their own petty arguments with each other! Maybe we should bear this in mind......great fun though!
Hi nic, The more i read the kind of comments that get put on the discussion forums, the angrier i become! You're right, some people just use them as an excuse to attack other people. It's as though some people think that as long as you have brought yourself into the public domain then you're fair game. I think that Baudrillard hits the nail on the head with his theory of symbolic exchange. A person gives an item(their opinion) which has no economic value. A bond is then created with another person, who has an opinion on the first persons thoughts. They challenge the system at a symbolic level don't you think?
Hi Nicola I have noticed the same that sometimes the cooments tend to steer away from the actual topic and end up in an argument. This is easily done as people try to put their point across and if someone does not agree they get offended. The last debate we had in our other module ended up in an argument and the other party suggested something to one of my group members which we all thought was way out of order and a deliberate attack on his personal belief. We were all shocked to hear what she said. I believe everyone has a right to what they want to say but that has limits as we should not upset one another. By doing this it does not help anyone but i think we all are mature adults who will not go that way.
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