Comments on: How to build good blog karma without a sidebar badge declaration

By: Laurie Ashton Farook

Laurie Ashton Farook — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:20:11 +0000

“The FTC guidelines will affect all bloggers on some level.” Um, just to nitpick, that would be American bloggers. The rest of us, not so much. Because, yes, I’m nothing if not pedantic. :p

I’m also late to the party. Hadn’t heard about the badge fiasco, but I frequently don’t know anything, so this is no surprise.

I have no problem having stated policies in place – I do about some things, I don’t about others – but I can’t see me doing the badge thing either. I don’t really see the need, nor will it necessarily reflect what I mean or do. Plus I’ve never been much of one to belong to the crowd. Although now it’s beginning to look like I belong to the crowd of dissenters…

Ah, chaos, ’tis a happy place.
Laurie Ashton Farook´s last blog ..The Sizzle, The Scam

By: Melizzard

Melizzard — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 13:52:35 +0000

Commenting on this now because I’m always weeks behind on all the cool stuff. Seriously a button? Please. It’s just a damn blog people. But more importantly what are these silicone mensuration cups you speak of? Talk about always being late to the party! That’s what I want to know more about.
Melizzard´s last blog ..25 things that will happen when your iphone battery dies, and evidently IT. WILL. DIE.

By: Amy @ Taste Like Crazy

Amy @ Taste Like Crazy — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:37:05 +0000

So, I signed the pledge because I was doing that stuff already and I even added the badge to my sidebar for literally five minutes [the time it took me to read this all] and then I pulled the badge.

Some of the comments on here are things that I was thinking even as I was installing the badge. Some of what you had to say were some of the same things that I’ve been thinking.

Also, I just pulled my BlogHer ads for a couple of months because I wanted control of my own site again. Putting that badge up made me feel like I was losing control again. I think the concept is wonderful but my words and actions are how I want to be judged and not because I have a badge in my sidebar.

However, I do worry about NOT having a badge hanging out on my site.

Do you think that people will start to assume that if you DON’T have a badge that you’re a lying, stealing ass hat?
Amy @ Taste Like Crazy´s last blog ..Do You Know the Super Nanny?

By: melissa

melissa — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:26:45 +0000

i’m not one of the big power bloggers. i blog to my own beat. we kind of touched on this on twitter. and i kind of touched on this on my blog. it won’t end. women are competitive and caddy and petty…except for me but i’m not putting a badge on my blog. because i think my friends know that i blog with integrity. i tell the truth. the whole truth. and nothing but the truth. after all, i am the daughter from a long line of attorneys. it’s what i know. and to throw business cards out the windows at the scene of an accident.
i don’t know what the answer is to this. just keep on being who we are. let everyone else hash it out. in the end, blogs like ours will still be standing. because we always, from the get go…had integrity.
melissa´s last blog ..Because He Dares To Be Different And He’s Happy That Way

By: jennydecki

jennydecki — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:28:03 +0000

Unless the other nuns have really long fingers.

Oh, wait, that might be not the point of the post. My bad.

The reason there’s drama is because bloggers with integrity (you know, what does that mean? If I’m blogging about having wild sex with animals and my cousin but not getting paid does that mean I have integrity?) want everyone to follow what they think is right – you know, keep it FAIR – because life is fair and so they’re trying to call out for a citizen’s arrest against the horrific immorality that is immorally immoral and keep everything safe for the children. It’s all about the children.

It’s like having the promise keepers right there to keep you honest and willing and barefoot and…it’s too late for me to be posting comments on blogs.

By: Heather

Heather — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 01:56:13 +0000

Susan: Yes, I do question why the debate has gotten increasingly polarized and how the ones with the integrity have played into the debate of questionable integrity.

Heather

(In other words, if us honorable and upstanding bloggers had gone on doing our transparent, honest blogging without giving power to these mysterious lying bloggers, would there have been a debate at all? Or would the whole drama have blown over? Who knows. It’s all a game, so whee!)

By: Susan Getgood

Susan Getgood — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:31:10 +0000

You’re absolutely right — having a badge doesn’t give a blogger integrity, and someone who *doesn’t* have it isn’t going to magically have it after posting a 125 pixel square.

However, the debate has gotten increasingly polarized, and we wanted to reframe it in a more positive context. Hence the pledge and badge. It’s also not just for parent bloggers. The FTC guidelines will affect all bloggers on some level.

For the record, I’m not a big fan of badges or anything that can lead to implied rankings — on the record, on my blog. That’s how important I think this is.

That said, if it is not for you, it’s not for you. Peace.

By: jennster

jennster — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:46:39 +0000

i don’t think i would put that button on my blog, but that doesn’t mean i don’t blog with integrity. i don’t want to be bound by someone else’s interpretation of what blogging with integrity means. i blog and say what i want because it’s what i choose to write. i don’t need a button reminding me or telling others that though- can’t you get that from reading my blog itself?

i know why they started it though- i think they felt it was necessary to get back to the basics of blogging in a time where those basics are lost, gone, fucked up, etc. either put the button up, or don’t.. no harm no foul.

but don’t stop blogging- cause then i’ll have you kilt.

By: Lizzie

Lizzie — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:22:13 +0000

I think i have a badge? is it bad that i don’t know? the chick who designed my blog put things on there. is that the little square button with my blogs name on it that people can put on their blog?? if it is, i find it quite funny personally. i have had SO MANY bloggers e-mail me saying “if you add my button (badge) i’ll add yours to my site” Um, this was from people i don’t even know, nor have i EVER seen their blog. why would i do that? some have been offended when i didn’t do it. i don’t know, i put some close friends and blogs i enjoy on there but in a little scrolly box so it doesn’t clutter my side bar (HATE THAT!!) i am a natural pack rat and am always working against myself to not be that way, so you’ll see my sidebar get cluttery, then i’ll freak out ad take it all off. yup i’m weird

By: Leisa Hammett

Leisa Hammett — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 12:37:15 +0000

Hey, Heather. Guess since it’s BlogHer week and I’m not there but here, I’ve been thinking about you. Actually, I’ve been on vacation and wasn’t thinking about you until I got home yesterday, knowing that I’d be joining Amy and Jamie, ur friends here, I think, for Margarit-Her last night. So, I’m now peeking at all the attendees’ blogs bc I refused to get online during vacation and I saw a link to you and came here to say, hi there! And, per usual, I was entertained. Cheers!