tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293651735518246988.post3947083013559651463..comments2023-11-05T02:10:50.039-07:00Comments on Drape's Takes: Full DisclosureUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293651735518246988.post-64961875095914851142008-05-31T05:40:00.000-06:002008-05-31T05:40:00.000-06:00Paid advertisements or not, it is sad that educato...Paid advertisements or not, it is sad that educators have to have this discussion about ethical online behavior.<BR/><BR/>Even sadder, my district just hired someone to write the superintendent's blog because the superintendent "is too busy to blog" and now has two assistants more than the predecessor had. <BR/><BR/>Ours is a district known for contractually-required teacher blogging. That's my only concession to having to break all my edublogger rules and posting anonymously.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293651735518246988.post-29771010284395995672008-05-29T15:51:00.000-06:002008-05-29T15:51:00.000-06:00It would be easy to say that we should all use Ope...It would be easy to say that we should all use OpenID (or similar) to ensure it's actually us commenting. Blog owners should deny other forms of proof of identity.<BR/><BR/>But this wouldn't be a good thing. It would lead to less comments, less conversation. I'm not sure what's the answer, especially in an ever-expanding edublogosphere...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293651735518246988.post-24492330965284674442008-05-29T11:05:00.000-06:002008-05-29T11:05:00.000-06:00I figured it out when I started receiving comments...I figured it out when I started receiving comments in my email from a Sue Waters post I hadn't commented on.<BR/><BR/>It doesn't bother me much that you did it, though it does point to a weakness in those sorts of comment forms.<BR/><BR/>As for myself - aside from the ganging up and bullying behaviour exhibited by my critics, I had every reason to raise the questions that I did.<BR/><BR/>I watch all of these blogs carefully and consistently and have since they were launched. This was a noticable change in behaviour.<BR/><BR/>Let me draw an analogy: if I suddenly started giving away Microsoft Office software, and at the same time, I started praising Microsoft products (saying I'm a 'fan' of the corporation), wouldn't you be suspicious? Wouldn't you want to know what's going on?<BR/><BR/>No doubt people feel they are being very loyal in defending their faith in the bloggers, and in their vitriolic criticisms of my questions. But they are exhibiting the symptoms of the worst of group behaviour, a pack mentality does them no credit and is indeed a form of anti-intellectualism at its worst.Stephen Downeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06140591903467372209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293651735518246988.post-23333059804030560342008-05-29T01:35:00.000-06:002008-05-29T01:35:00.000-06:00Darren, you didn't fool anyone. Why?1. You weren't...Darren, you didn't fool anyone. Why?<BR/><BR/>1. You weren't unreasonably sarcastic.<BR/><BR/>2. You didn't big yourself up in a roundabout way.<BR/><BR/>3. The language you used was too straightforward.<BR/><BR/>And yes, Monsieur Downes, the above is all said tongue-in-cheek. You know I think you're great. :-pAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com