Comments on: violet blue on blogger ethics

By: badinfluencegirl

badinfluencegirl — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 00:52:00 +0000

i imagine you’re right viviane. i’ve been lucky so far but it’s just a matter of time before someone hateful stumbles across my corner of the net.

i’m hoping not to end up having to moderate my comments but it seems like it always ends up there.

we should start a violet blue discussion forum! *laughs*

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 22:44:00 +0000

Have to agree with Violet Blue, especially in re “Also Seen At” credits. I think several of us in the sexblog community have been the victim of this — and most frustratingly, at the hands of the heavyweights. It’s laughable that an editor could claim with a straight face, “Oh, we had that first…” when the time stamps tell a clearly different story.

At the very least, if it’s just a really funny coincidence (week in, week out), then a true heavyweight has an ethical obligation to note that the content appeared elsewhere first.

The issue is integrity. Needing to be first and best all the time, no matter what, reveals lots of insecurity.. and can belie a lack of actual talent too.

This here’s a big ol’ Internet and there’s plenty of room for thought leaders.

I’m not talking about a site that gets 100 or 1,000 hits a day, and I don’t think it’s as big a deal if you are talking about two non-profit ventures. But being a money-raking megablog comes with responsibilities…

By: Viviane

Viviane — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 20:22:00 +0000

Thanks for the link BIG.

I *heart* VB and I feel the way you do about her writing. I imagine she has comments turned off, because she probably just can’t deal with the trolls and flakes who don’t add to the discussion.

By: badinfluencegirl

badinfluencegirl — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 17:03:00 +0000

viviane of course it’s different if you’re a heavyweight or a listing service. but other than my one objection the rest of it actually does apply to anyone.

i took a link from you today and stuck it on my blog but it says clearly where it came from. i’m just little but that’s just polite.

i like violet’s blog a lot and she always leaves me wanting to have a big discussion… *laughs*

By: Viviane

Viviane — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 01:55:00 +0000

badinfluencegirl, violet’s post really pertains to very visible blogs (like BoingBoing) and MSM (like Wash Post), reporting on a story and not given proper credit.

It’s also an issue amongst the heavyweight blogs.

By: frhe sjgg

frhe sjgg — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 23:42:00 +0000

Viviane,
True about the link ethics ! It always pays to be careful — and thoughtful of others ! Thanks.

Sincerely,
Anne Elizabeth

By: badinfluencegirl

badinfluencegirl — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 22:01:00 +0000

i mostly agree with this but i have to say that i can’t imagine scouring the net before i post about something.

say i want to talk about toronto’s pride parade or something. i’m not going to search the net for other pride posts, i’m just going to post my perspective.

if i then discover that other in my circle have done so as well i will of course link them… but that kind of due diligence doesn’t make sense if my blog is about my opinion…

different if you’re a journalist doing a blog that’s journalistic i suspect