Title : A Social Media Code of Conduct --Wouldn't That Be Nice?
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A Social Media Code of Conduct --Wouldn't That Be Nice?
I don't spend a lot of time on social media. I dropped Facebook a few months ago because of all the privacy and security concerns. Plus, I wasn't using it very much anyway. I do have a Twitter account, strictly for promotion of the blog, the podcast, and my books. That's it. No Pinterest, Snapchat, or Instagram.
Obviously, all of social media has come under some type of scrutiny over the past few years. The use by "bad actors" to incite violence, influence voters, spew hatred or unfounded conspiracies has been well documented. Recently Facebook and Twitter have deleted millions of fake or spammy accounts. As I write this, a well known conspiracy blogger and podcaster has been booted off several sites.
Though by no means solved, an increased focus on their customer's privacy concerns has begun to show some progress. Hacks continue and private data is being sold. But, the spotlight on these abuses means they are going to diminish.
All that got me to thinking of a code of conduct for social media. If the companies themselves and the majority of users of Facebook, Twitter, et al, agreed to some basic ways of using media and interacting with each other, how much more pleasant our online life would be. How much more productive and constructive being interconnected would be.
About seven years ago I had a post about a blogger's Code of Conduct. Blogger, RJ Walters, had his code prominently displayed. As I reread that post, I thought how well such a code would help social media become more civil and encouraging.
I am under no illusion that this way of conducting oneself is likely to happen. I think we are too far down the road to turn back the tide of garbage that washes over us....unless we accept the premise that one person can change how he acts and interacts with others. That one person then influences another to act in a civil and productive manner and so on.
Can baby steps reform everyone? Not likely. But, we can only control our own actions and mindset. We are not responsible for how others think and react, only how we respond.
RJ's Code of Conduct:
I welcome your comments to anything I say. But I will not allow others to use my blog to vent their bitterness. As long as you comment by the code below I will post them for others to see.
• I will express myself with civility, courtesy, and respect for every member of the this online community, especially toward those with whom I disagree—even if I feel disrespected by them.
While RJ wrote this with his blog readers in mind, it would seem to be a framework for use of social media.
All bloggers decide if they want to permit comments to be left after a post. Some decide the blog is more of a personal journal, so someone else's comments don't really fit. But, most blogs encourage and actively solicit comments...I do.
It is certainly OK to disagree with a blogger. or someone on social media. It wouldn't be very interesting if every comment simply echoed whatever the post was about and agreed with everything that was said. A different point of view can open up a meaningful exchange of ideas and solutions to problems.
But, if you spend anytime at all on the Internet you have come across comments that are downright nasty. Ideas aren't just disputed, but the attacks become personal. Name-calling and denigrating someone's honesty or integrity take place.
I wish this simple statement of online behavior was one more of us followed in our daily life, not just when on social media. I am afraid the concept of respectful disagreement is being drowned out by the shouts and rants of angry people, fully believing he who yells the loudest and longest wins.
An important belief is extending the benefit of the doubt. That means someone accepts the possibility that he may be wrong and the other person may be right. It means accepting that, as a human being, each of us has incomplete knowledge. We are not infallible.
Common decency, or open and constructive debate are held hostage by the extreme fringes on either side of an issue. Trying to reach a consensus is required in a democracy. For whatever reason those with the strongest opinions are those least likely to grant it to those who may disagree with them.
Is this a pipe dream with no real possibility of happening? Probably, but doesn't everything start with just one voice?
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