Following last week’s publication of Internet pioneer Tim O’Reilly’s proposed “blogger code of conduct,” the online community has spoken — and they say forget about it. O’Reilly, a longtime blogger who coined the term “Web 2.0,” and Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales both began pushing for the code of conduct after some high-profile online bullying brought the issue to a head. Some say the very idea of a code clamps down on the Web’s openness.
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Bloggers: We Don’t Need No Stinking Rules
Posted by: Tim Gray April 10, 2007 02:13 PMFollowing last week’s publication of Internet pioneer Tim O’Reilly’s proposed “blogger code of conduct,” the online community has spoken — and they say forget about it. O’Reilly, a longtime blogger who coined the term “Web 2.0,” and Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales both began pushing for the code of conduct after some high-profile online bullying brought the issue to a head. Some say the very idea of a code clamps down on the Web’s openness.