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Seers say that whenever we embark on any venture, we should contemplate deeply,on the necessity.
We Must ask Some Important Questions to our inner selves…
Why..?
How?
What?
When?
Whom…?
Where…..?
Same with this case of Blogging also.-Why..How..What…When..Where..at whose cost….?
The Important Question is…Why..?
Why Should I Blog…?
Is it for mere fun ? Or is it for making some easy revenue, as it may seem at first encounter..? Or is it for publishing or selling myself to the world..?
The answeres that we find out or seek out will decide the Quality and future of our blog.
The blogosphere is assuming an unprecedented role in today’s information society. With literally millions of bloggers (some with millions of readers) freely disseminating information and commentary, bloggers have a level of influence that is easily abused. While there are no standardized ethics regulations for bloggers, there are a set of assumed mores and codes of behavior that can be violated. Follow these steps to be an unethical blogger.
Get a sense of the ethics of your blogging environment. The ethics of the medical blogging environment differ significantly from those of journalism blogging, for example. Find out what kind of ethical conduct people in your blogging world assume in order to know what kind of behavior is considered unethical.
Make and defend false claims. No matter what kind of blogging you do, there is an expectation from the blogosphere that claims you make are true and are made in good faith. Making intentionally false claims and vehemently defending them (especially by attacking skeptics) is an assured way of being an unethical blogger.
Accept money for product endorsements without making disclaimers. Accepting payment from a company to endorse that company or one of its products is a gray line in the blogosphere. Accepting money for such a reason without telling your readers is almost uniformly considered unethical behavior for a blogger.
Acquire information, interviews and content by false pretenses. Being an unethical blogger is not only about violating the trust of your audience; you can also violate the trust and jeopardize the reputation of your sources of content. Taking quotes out of context, using sources for purposes of malice and stealing content from other bloggers or websites are assured ways of acting unethically as a blogger.
I shall provide more tips for a Quality blogging in the coming posts
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