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March 10, 2009
Posted by David Karpf

On community blogs and dealing with the crazies in their own midst

In attempting to build a vibrant community-of-interest, every political blog faces a policy choice of sorts: what kind of commentary will we allow.  Some of the basics are easy to sketch out and universally applicable.  Disagreement is good, but flame wars are bad.  Don’t engage in ad hominem attacks. The site owner/moderators reserve the right [...]

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October 22, 2008
Posted by David Karpf

Reputation 2.0?

In a blog post over at The Publius Project, Judith Donath asks “Is Reputation Obsolete.”  It’s a provocative piece and well worth a read.  Honestly, I’ve spent the past week trying to dip into the literature on reputation systems and to call it the shallow end of the pool would be an insult to pools.  [...]

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September 22, 2008
Posted by Bill Herman

Insurance for Bloggers

Here’s a minilink from Lokman:
Media Bloggers Association launches blogging insurance program
This is actually a reasonable next step for blogging as it becomes a major media outlet and big business. It’s little different than Errors & Omissions insurance for other professionals, including media producers such as filmmakers.

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February 9, 2008
Posted by Bill Herman

Comcast’s New ToS: Company Admits to Tampering with P2P Traffic

In Comcast’s new Terms of Service, the company explicitly admits that it degrades peer-to-peer traffic as a means of reducing their network load.
The company also admits that they will kick off end users who use (what they determine to be) too much bandwidth:
The Service is for personal and non-commercial residential use only. Therefore, Comcast reserves [...]

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January 26, 2008
Posted by Bill Herman

Supercapitalism Really Is Super

Robert Reich’s latest book, Supercapitalism, is a fantastic analysis of the current relationship between corporations, citizens, and politics.
I put Supercapitalism on my wish list after Prof. Lawrence Lessig’s glowing recommendation. While I make no pretense of being such a gifted writer as either of these scholars, here I attempt to summarize the book and follow [...]

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October 24, 2007
Posted by Bill Herman

Colbert Campaign May Violate Election Laws

Comedian Stephen Colbert may soon need to get even less serious in his campaign for president.
As ABC reports, Colbert’s ironic presidential bid may run afoul of campaign finance laws. He has already curtailed some activities–for instance, removing Doritos as a campaign sponsor–and the threat of enforcement may preclude him from attempting to get on primary [...]

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April 10, 2007
Posted by lokman

Bloggers Code of Conduct

Tim O’Reilly proposes a Bloggers Code of Conduct
The code of conduct comes in the wake of death threats sent to Kate Sierra, who as a result cancelled a public appearance and suspended her blog. Sending death threats to someone is obviously unacceptable behavior and measures should be taken against it. Having said that, I am [...]

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