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Original Post: More on that code of conduct thing
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Jeff Jarvis offers a devastating critique of the bloggers code of conduct thing:
This effort misses the point of the internet, blogs, and even of civilized behavior. They treat the blogosphere as if it were a school library where someone ? they?ll do us the favor ? can maintain order and control. They treat it as a medium for media. But as Doc Searls has taught me, it?s not. It?s a place. And when I moved into the place that is my town, I didn?t put up a badge on my fence saying that I?d be a good neighbor (and thus anyone without that badge is, de facto, a bad neighbor). I didn?t have to pledge to act civilized. I just do. And if I don?t, you can judge me accordingly. Are there rules and laws? Yes, the same ones that exist in worlds physical or virtual: If I libel or defame you on the streetcorner or in a paper or on a screen, the recourse is the same. But I don?t put up another badge on my fence saying I won?t libel you. I just don?t. That?s how the world works. Why should this new world work any differently? Why should it operate with more controls and more controllers?
Furthermore, on identity, trust and censorship:
I am real. You know that. I put my name and face on this blog. People have met me. They will verify my identity. I stand behind my words and my mistakes and changes of heart are visible for all to see. I leave most comments here untouched but I reserve the right and exercise the right to kill comments that are abusive, off-topic, or irritating. I do that rarely but all know that I will do that. You either trust me and respect me based on what I say here or you do not, and there are plenty in the latter camp. Transparency and publicness are what drive that. Not some silly code and badge.
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