A Call for Manners in the World of Nasty Blogs

That's what someone in the new york times seems to think is being done. Specifically reporter Brad Stone. He explains how certain people are taking it upon themselves to find a way to place limitations upon what people can and cannot put into their blogs. A code of conduct that is no longer the basic legal standards but is aimed at what is considerate and polite and what is not.

He was explain how popular demand wants to discontinue anonymous comments left by those who read blogs. When people feel no name can be attached to what they say, people are more likely to say exactly what they want. Now who is to say that's a bad thing...

The problem with such a system, which Brad pointed out though he did not constitute it as a bad thing, is that it would rely on the users to enforce it. People who make their blogs to say what people can and cannot do. And for a community to take it upon itself to stop people from abusing these rules. Will it work? Will anyone care? I have my doubts.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/09/technology/09blog.html?_r=1&oref=slogin