The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #149: June 26, 2006

The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #149: June 26, 2006

Content summary: Call for entries for SNCR awards; listener discount for Web 2.0 conference in Amsterdam; BloggerCon and civility in the blogosphere; Second Life: the conference experience, FIR presence, opportunities for communicators; the value and uses of group blogs; trust and reputation: crises facing Cadbury and British Airways; FIR interview with new IABC Europe Director; the music; and more.

Show notes for June 26, 2006

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So, until Thursday June 29…

Posted by neville on 06/26 at 10:48 AM

  1. Agreed that every blogger gets to decide how they deal with comments / visitors on their site, but let us not forget that every blog - if public - is a glass house.  Everyone may look in and the choices you have made about how you deal with comments will impact their impression of you and your views / credibility.

    I’m guessing there has to be a balance of an open and welcome environment with an appreciation for the reality that your blog - no matter where you are - is on a global stage.  Cultural guidelines for proper conduct will vary widely.

    What I try to balance, but not sure I do it all the time, is to write in a critical manner without being mean.  I think I’m doing it well, but realize that some of my visitors think I’m too critical.  Perhaps the cultural differences of proper conduct and style are too wide and each blogger must accept that offering criticism will likely bring it back two-fold.  I accept it and think, actually, that the give and take is worthwile - a good learning experience.

    Posted by Robert French  on  06/26  at  08:54 PM

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