My good friend Paul Chaney has started another blog.? Which is good, since I miss his regular contributions to the discourse of the blogosphere.? After talking about the design of his new blog, he jumped head first into one of the hot topics and dark undercurrents on the blogosphere right now, disclosure.? Paul is hoping to start a debate.? I'm hoping to get off my tush and do a recorded podcast roundtable on this topic.? Regardless, this is how Paul ends the post and frames the question:
So, dear reader, where do we draw the line? Is there even a line to be drawn, and who makes that decision anyway? Do we hold the equivalent of a Vatican Summit to canonize this once and for all? If so, who gets to decide who attends? Do we hold an election and send respresentatives from each corner of the blogosphere?
I know, I?m raising a hullaballoo, but we need to butt heads over this and reach some conclusion, don?t we? Either there are absolutes to which every blogger adheres, or everything is relative. If that?s the case, then it really doesn?t matter what people do on their blog. Character blogs, spam blogs, adverblogs, it?s all fair game. There is no utopian vision, no blogging ?Camelot.? It?s every blogger for himself ? a prelude to anarchy. Perhaps, that too, is a blogging hallmark.
Me?? Well I have lots of thoughts on the topic, but I'd rather hear what you have to say.
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