Drilling in to the issue of moderation and liability I had a very useful discussion with Struan Roberts last week. He’s a technology lawyer with Pinsent Masons and Editor of OUT-LAW.
Looking at moving from a system of light moderation on IT Counts, where we allow registered users to post comments at their own risk, to one [...]
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Moderation & liability advice
Jakob lets rip on blog posting
“To demonstrate world-class expertise, avoid quickly written, shallow postings. Instead, invest your time in thorough, value-added content that attracts paying customers.” Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox, July 9, 2007
PS: So this is an example of a blog that has not invested a great deal of time and trouble;-)
Web site editor beaten with hammers
The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Monday’s brutal attack on Ognian Stefanov, editor of the investigative news Web site Frognews, in Bulgaria. The editor and his family had recently received anonymous phone calls warning Stefanov to stop his journalism or face consequences, Stefanov’s deputy, Aleksandar Ivanov, told CPJ. The site publishes investigations into the activities [...]
Updated blogging software is a nod to the convergence of blogging and social networks
Movable Type Pro launched today combines blogs with social networking, not unlike the WordFrame platform used for IT Counts: “The type of Web site that you build with Movable Type doesn’t have to look like a classic two- or three-column blog,” said Chris Alden, Six Apart’s CEO.
“It can be structured to look like any Web [...]
Blogware migration to WordPress, thanks to PressHarbor
Thanks to the team at PressHarbor my blog has successfully migrated to WordPress. Now to explore the depths of the software further.
As you can see from John’s comment below I made a mistake thinking that it’s being hosted by Rackspace too, the servers we use for IT Counts. However, what that error did throw up [...]
Why I didn’t become an academic?
Well why for me I didn’t want to end up an academic is an amusing question, answered by this article on social networking and academic study. “First to Facebook were the teens. Then came the money, the market researchers and the media. And now come … the academics.” Of course I could just read ‘The Masters’ by [...]
Plaxo for sale
News just in from my friends at Reuters: NEW YORK, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Plaxo, an early social networking site that has been overtaken by Linked In and Facebook, is up for sale, The New York Times reported on Thursday in its online edition. Quoting people briefed on the offering, the report said Plaxo was [...]
Research reveals conflicting priorities for communicators and CEOs
CEOs view good internal communication as fundamental to the success of the business, but their priorities when communicating to employees may be very different to those of their communication professionals..
May Day ***Digital Style***
Can you connect the dots?
Pretend for a second that you’re a CEO. Would you reveal your deepest, darkest secrets online? Would you confess that you’re an indecisive weakling, that your colleagues are inept, that you’re not really sure if you can meet payroll? Sounds crazy, right? After all, Coke doesn’t tell Pepsi what’s in the [...]