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Little Miss Attila: Blogging Guidelines

Posted on | February 10, 2010 | 14 Comments

by Smitty

LMA has an excellent start on a list of guidelines for blogging. Absolutely nothing technical here; this is the etiquette piece that is sadly lacking.

It is also not a practical traffic guide, like Stacy’s How To Get A Million Hits piece.

One thing I’d add is to hold before yourself the bandwidth limitations of the medium. The bulk of the time, when someone has pissed you off personally, the problem has roots in misinterpretation or simple failure. Take your readers, your stories, other bloggers seriously. Yourself? Don’t be a doormat, but strive to under-react, and see if what’s ailing you doesn’t reveal itself significantly smaller on third or forth glance.

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  • http://littlemissattila.com LIttle Miss Attila

    Well, then, I shall underreact, and assume that you are NOT referring to DD’s attacks on my family, and implying that I was wrong to get worked up over them.

  • http://littlemissattila.com LIttle Miss Attila

    Well, then, I shall underreact, and assume that you are NOT referring to DD’s attacks on my family, and implying that I was wrong to get worked up over them.

  • http://powip.com Dan Collins

    I’m good at underreacting. Hell, I’m like a NUCLEAR underreactor.

  • http://powip.com Dan Collins

    I’m good at underreacting. Hell, I’m like a NUCLEAR underreactor.

  • http://theothermccain.com smitty

    @LMA,
    I’m absolutely not attempting to apply any generalization to a specific situation, in particular, yours.

    In particular, I had in mind as I wrote that a post I’d written wherein I offered a strong opinion about something, and had an inch-high F-bomb in the email from a reader who disagreed.

    There is a fairly consistent track record of me trying to be a peacemaker when dragged into stuff, which would be a variation on this theme.

  • http://theothermccain.com smitty

    @LMA,
    I’m absolutely not attempting to apply any generalization to a specific situation, in particular, yours.

    In particular, I had in mind as I wrote that a post I’d written wherein I offered a strong opinion about something, and had an inch-high F-bomb in the email from a reader who disagreed.

    There is a fairly consistent track record of me trying to be a peacemaker when dragged into stuff, which would be a variation on this theme.

  • Chuck Cross

    Blessed are the peacemakers..

  • Chuck Cross

    Blessed are the peacemakers..

  • http://www.politicalbyline.com Patrick

    @Smitty

    Was it really that big? ;)

  • http://www.politicalbyline.com Patrick

    @Smitty

    Was it really that big? ;)

  • http://littlemissattila.com LIttle Miss Attila

    The F-Bomb, or the Peacemaker? I’ve never seen either one of those come in at at under six inches . . .

    You know how it is: God created men and women; Sam Colt made ‘em equal. ;)

    Blessings upon you!–and, all best. See you in a week or whatever.

  • http://littlemissattila.com LIttle Miss Attila

    The F-Bomb, or the Peacemaker? I’ve never seen either one of those come in at at under six inches . . .

    You know how it is: God created men and women; Sam Colt made ‘em equal. ;)

    Blessings upon you!–and, all best. See you in a week or whatever.

  • http://maaadddog.wordpress.com/ John Doe

    I’d add one more caveat: Don’t drink and blog. “What was I thinking,” he mumbled to himself.

  • http://maaadddog.wordpress.com/ John Doe

    I’d add one more caveat: Don’t drink and blog. “What was I thinking,” he mumbled to himself.

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