A description of my blog. http://www.my-site.com 7736922886614539046 Blogger Code of Blah Blah Blah 2007/02/#7736922886614539046 2007-02-22 I recently ran across something called a "Blogger Code of Ethics" on the web somewhere. What a great idea! It's about time somebody got us unruly bloggers in line. I agree with this Code 100%. Or maybe 74.3%. Still, I mostly agree with it. I've republished it below with a few comments of my own.
  1. I will tell the truth. Man, wouldn't it be great if all bloggers told the truth? I strive to include some truth in almost every one of my posts. Lies are important too, of course.
  2. I will write deliberately and with accuracy. Or hire a lot of monkeys.

  3. I will acknowledge and correct mistakes promptly. I always do this. I think. I'll have to come back to this one.
  4. I will preserve the original post, using notations to show where I have made changes so as to maintain the integrity of my publishing. This one is crap.
  5. I will never delete a post. Even if the original writer of this post tells me to. I have my principles, after all.
  6. I will not delete comments unless they are spam or off-topic. Somewhere, Joe comment-deleter is squirming.
  7. I will reply to emails and comments when appropriate, and do so promptly. My responses may, however, be highly in appropriate.
  8. I will strive for high quality with every post – including basic spellchecking. I wonder what basic spell-checking is. Does my post qualify as "high-quality" if I only mispell hard-to-spell words?
  9. I will stay on topic. I have no problem with this one. But then, I'm an easy-going sort. I credit my 4th grade teacher for instilling me with those values. Of course, she also made me pay $12 for my share of a window that a classmate of mine broke. She said we weren't allowed to "play tag" behind the school. I wasn't playing tag, ok? And I wasn't the idiot who threw the rock. What was his name again? Damn, I'm blanking.
  10. I will disagree with other opinions respectfully. This one's crap too.
  11. I will link to online references and original source materials directly. That reminds me, I should give some credit to the author of this code of ethics. Just google "Blogger Code of Ethics." You'll find it eventually.
  12. I will disclose conflicts of interest. This one's a must, especially if you expect to get picked up by a popular aggregator site like humor-blogs.com.
  13. I will keep private issues and topics private, since discussing private issues would jeopardize my personal and work relationships. Greg Johnson! That was his name. If you're reading this, Greg, you owe me $12.


Humor-blogs.com abides by a code of ethics so strict that it makes Richard Nixon look like Spiro Agnew.

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