Hi everyone, We've just started a new series of posts which will be looking at the ethics of blogging and just what it means to be an 'ethical blogger'. This series will be updated on a weekly basis and will cover many different topics - including monetisation, online marketing, social networks, SEO, website design and many other aspects. We see the series as a long-term aspect of Future Conscience, which is also why we would love to hear your response to the first post of the series (or indeed, any others that follow) and if there are any particular topics you think it would be worth covering. The first post in the series takes things right back to the beginning to ask the question: why do I want to become a blogger? Please do have a look, let us know what you think - and, if you like it, please do retweet and digg the article so that we can get as many bloggers to read it as possible. The more of us out there following ethical blogging practices, the better the blogosphere will be! Ethical Blogging (part one): Why do you want to blog? I look forward to hearing your thoughts!
Thanks for the kind words - they are much appreciated! Anybody got any suggestions on ethical blogging topics they want covered over the next few weeks? We'll be doing a post on this series every Wednesday for the foreseeable future.
Ethical Blogging is an oxymoron like Responsible Government. The fact is... people will chase dollars at the expense of all ethics every time. Look to the role models... big corporate entities. Corporate Ethics? We live in a do as I say, not as I do society.
Whilst I think it is a fact that there will always be a majority who chase the dollars - this doesn't play out universally, and that applies to both the blogging and the corporate world. Also, this is not a black and white issue. You can be chasing the dollars and still act ethically in other areas. Basically, this series is trying to provide some advice to those who wish to start blogging the right way (well, what I see as the right way anyway...it's all relative in the end). The internet - and particularly the blogosphere - is getting more and more filled with repetitive junk sites that are just aimed to make dollars. Beyond this, there are also a lot of people who just have never thought about certain ethical issues in relation to blogs - this series aims to rectify that. It's not the only thing we do on Future Conscience, but it will be a weekly thing we do
Just to update everybody, the series on ethical blogging has continued with some more posts on the following topics: Monetisation and Advertising Sourcing Images Affiliate Marketing I'm really interested in hearing what other bloggers think of the series. Do you find it useful? Do you think somebody new to blogging would find it useful?