- Never EVER EVER give out or record personal information on your blog. Your blog exists as a public space on the Internet. Don’t share anything that you don’t want the world to know. For your safety, be careful what you say, too. Don’t give out your phone number or home address.
- Again, your blog is a public space. And if you put it on the Internet, odds are really good that it will stay on the Internet. Always. That means ten years from now when you are looking for a job, it might be possible for an employer to discover some really hateful and immature things you said when you were younger and more prone to foolish things. Be sure that anything you write you are proud of. It can and will come back to get you if you don’t.
- Never link to something you haven’t read. While it isn’t your job to police the Internet, when you link to something, you should make sure it is something that you really want to be associated with. If a link contains material that might be creepy or make some people uncomfortable, you should probably warn them by using a parenthetical note or some other word of caution.
The wiki includes a few sample blogging policies, written by his students. Here is one:
On my group’s blog:
- I will only use first names
- I will not gang up on others
- I am responsible for everything posted on my account
- I will only write about things related to my group’s project
- I will not post inappropriate or irrelevant links to other sites
- I will not mention meeting places
- I will not advertise
- I will not spam I will not post personal information
- I will only offer constructive criticism
- I will not plagiarize I won’t post harmful, dangerous, or illegal material
- I will not use tOgGlE-cAsE or ALL CAPS
- I will use appropriate language
- I will not insult others’ ideas
- I will not be stupid
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