image from NYT This image is for Penguin Unearthed, who kindly included me in her list of bloggers who make her think a few weeks ago.
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the craft of blogging, interblog incidents, troll-patrol etc
Draft Blog Reader’s Code of Conduct: Don’t threaten to rape and kill her.
I can’t help thinking that this whole brouhaha over O’Reilly’s proposed “Blogger’s Code” is begging to be re-jiggered along the lines of that “Don’t rape her” meme from a while back. So, my draft Blog Reader’s Code: * If a… Read More ›
Rain on the strawberries
This is why we are content to celebrate a global festival of renewal and new life in the southern autumn, instead of in the spring. My heart feels buoyant. And this is why: Fresh, lush, beautiful rain on the strawberry… Read More ›
Decline to publish unacceptable content
Kos thinks women (well, specifically Kathy Sierra) whine unjustifiably about being harassed online, which is not a big deal, apparently. Bitch PhD explains to him that he is being an arse, as do quite a few Kossacks. Kos and Bitch… Read More ›
That blogging “code of conduct”
While I applaud the sentiment of those advocating a formal bloggers’ code of conduct, I think their approach is ultimately doomed to failure.
Jessica Valenti on cyberbullying
Jessica Valenti, the executive editor at Feministing, writes in The Guardian on cyberbullying in light of the threats made against Kathy Sierra. Valenti had her own problems with online harassment last year after attending a bloggers’ lunch with former President… Read More ›
Stopping cyberbullying
Kathy Sierra, writing about how she has cancelled an upcoming conference speech and other engagements due to overwhelming fear following hate-speech and threats directed at her online. The threats were at a sufficiently high level that Sierra has reported them to the police and apparently the FBI is investigating them, because making death threats online, just as in “real life”, is a crime.
Looking for Larvatus Prodeo?
LP is offline at the moment UPDATE: Back online now. We’ve exceeded our bandwidth, and despite a request to the webhosts previously to roll over into the next payment plan and keep continuity of service if that happens, apparently the… Read More ›
Friday Furry: has to be the red panda twins
image from reuters.com Panda babies can even soothe the savage enpeevened breast: mr tog and I have been watching a rather moreish British drama on cable telly, starring the rather moreish Martin Shaw, wherein he plays a maverick High Court… Read More ›
Careful with that ripped-off website template, Eugene
It really pays for politicians to check what their oft-overlooked web support staff are getting up to. Especially if they have designed one’s webpage using somebody else’s template. Because there are several problems with that. Ethically, obviously, if one’s web… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 