Blogger's Code of Conduct

I found this interesting, a proposal for a Blogger's Code of Conduct by Tim O'Reilly. Generally targets bloggers to enforce civility on their blogs by being civil themselves and moderating comments on their blog.

The code was proposed due to threats made to blogger Kathy Sierra (who supposedly received death threats and derogratory remarks via blogs).

The idea of the code was first reported by BBC News, who quoted O'Reilly saying,

"I do think we need some code of conduct around what is acceptable behaviour, I would hope that it doesn't come through any kind of regulation it would come through self-regulation."

It included a list of seven proposed ideas that would serve as framework for the Code of Conduct:
1. Take responsibility not just for your own words, but for the comments you allow on your blog.
2. Label your tolerance level for abusive comments.
3. Consider eliminating anonymous comments.
4. Ignore the trolls.
5. Take the conversation offline, and talk directly, or find an intermediary who can do so.
6. If you know someone who is behaving badly, tell them so.
7. Don't say anything online that you wouldn't say in person.

Honestly the idea is commendable but enforcement (as usual) poses a difficult scenario.