Sometimes I think about the role honesty has to play in the maintenance of a blog. Whenever someone posts a comment on a blog — or even makes themselves known to a blog owner — they are relying on that person’s goodwill not to misrepresent, alter, or fabricate their words. There is nothing to stop the blog owner from doing so — aside, I suppose, from the bad reputation that would result from being caught, or their own personal values.
Only once have I edited a comment on this blog, and all I edited was the URL. Someone had posted two comments — a first, with an incorrect URL, and a second whose entire purpose was to point out the incorrect URL in the first. I changed the URL and deleted the extra comment — and mentioned what I’d done in my reply comment. Full disclosure is a good thing, especially when editing and/or deleting what other people have said! Read on…
The time has finally come for me to attempt that daunting task all bloggers must face at some time or another: writing an “About” page. Whenever I find a new, enticing blog, the first page I look at is always the “About” page, and yet I haven’t had one here since April. What an oversight! Personally, I think a blog without an “About” page is like a map without a legend — fine if you already know what everything means, but tough going otherwise. If the purpose of an “About” page is to act as a legend for a blog, however, what should one put on it?
Well, that’s the ultimate question, isn’t it? Truth be told, I’m not sure of the answer. When it comes to writing my own “About” page (which I still haven’t completed yet), I’ve just been keeping in mind what I’m looking for when I check such a page. There are three main things I want to learn from them, and these are: Read on…