Blogging Ethics

In this new world of internet, blogging is slowly but surely taking centre stage. Blogging is not just about writing your thoughts - it is a new dimension in the world for a way of doing things. It is a marketing channel for advertisers to meet the long tail of the audience. It is a way of being acknowledged on the internet. It's a way of finding yourself in Google Search results!

Of course, with every new dimension that is added to the way we do things, there is a good side and a bad side. The good side, as mentioned above, is all about having the freedom to express your thoughts, and free flow of information. The bad side, is of course, abuse of this free service that has been provided. Some supposed bloggers use blogs to vent out their frustrations at being losers by abusing others in their blogs. Some people try and de-market some of their associations, be it their college, their work place, or some more successful peers.

But should such negative posts be punished? Of course, there is a simple way of filing an FIR if people want to do it - but at times, it is better that the immaturity of the negative bloggers be handled differently. Credibility comes not just by posting - but by posting sense. Otherwise it just shows the lack of development of the mind of the blogger.

Thus, while blogging is every person's right, I think it is also the duty of each blogger to exercise certain discretion in the language and comments they write on their blog.