A while back I shared the rules for blogging, better known as blog etiquette. Entrecard has decided to enter the world of third party ads and a credit cash out service. I'm still not sure how I feel about this, but it seems that many Entrecard members are a little upset about the new changes, which is their right. Though I've read on a few blogs, which I consider these bloggers my cyber friends, that some of the responses on the forum boards have gotten pretty nasty. Is there really a need to be nasty to others? NO! So in response to all this nastiness I'm re-posting the rules for blogging. Can't everyone just play nice? There's already enough nastiness in our crazy world today. Why bring it into our blogging communities? Now, I didn't make these rules up. I did my research online and this is what I found. I also just want to mention this post in no way or form was intended to offend anyone.
Never ever steal someone else’s words or pictures off their site and post them on your blog. That's considered plagiarism. It’s just plain stealing. It's okay to provide a link to a specific post or even a quote but never copy and paste their words on your site.
It's tacky to include a link to your site when you are commenting on a site. There's a spot on the comment form for your link. There's no need to include it more then once. If you include that in your comment it's considered spam.
Always be respectful to other bloggers. If you disagree with a post, that's okay. But never ever respond to a post you disagree with by using profanities. That's just plan disrespectful and rude.
Always respond to your readers comments. You love receiving comments, Don't you? Well, so do they. It's just not very polite to not respond back. I've made so many wonderful blogging buddies by responding to their comments. Give it a try. I promise you’ll like it.
Remember once you publish something on the web it's out there for everyone in the world to read. If you don't want people to read something about yourself or a situation, then don't post it. For example if you create a post about your boss at work and you bad mouth that person. How do you know that your boss isn't reading your words? That could truly jeopardize your job. Plus it's not nice to say mean things about people.
Always respect other blogs. You'd want the same respect in return. Right?
Hope this clears the air about what type of blog etiquette to use as a blogger. I've sure learned a few new things and I'm going to try my best to follow the rules.
I hope everyone has a great day.
It's tacky to include a link to your site when you are commenting on a site. There's a spot on the comment form for your link. There's no need to include it more then once. If you include that in your comment it's considered spam.
Always be respectful to other bloggers. If you disagree with a post, that's okay. But never ever respond to a post you disagree with by using profanities. That's just plan disrespectful and rude.
Always respond to your readers comments. You love receiving comments, Don't you? Well, so do they. It's just not very polite to not respond back. I've made so many wonderful blogging buddies by responding to their comments. Give it a try. I promise you’ll like it.
Remember once you publish something on the web it's out there for everyone in the world to read. If you don't want people to read something about yourself or a situation, then don't post it. For example if you create a post about your boss at work and you bad mouth that person. How do you know that your boss isn't reading your words? That could truly jeopardize your job. Plus it's not nice to say mean things about people.
Always respect other blogs. You'd want the same respect in return. Right?
Hope this clears the air about what type of blog etiquette to use as a blogger. I've sure learned a few new things and I'm going to try my best to follow the rules.
I hope everyone has a great day.
