How Opera’s Blogging Policy Can Help You Blog
So I caught a look at Opera’s blogging policy from a couple years back and it makes a lot of sense, especially if you’re a business thinking about starting a blog, or facing the difficulties of how to react to your employees’ blogging.
We all know about how people are getting fired over their blogs, where they describe in painful detail the idiocy of their middle managers (you’d figure they’d just fire the idiots the blogs talk about instead of the blogger him / herself, but that would require logic, and corporations often don’t have that), so some places are developing blogger policies. Some are fairly laissez faire, and some are downright draconian. But Opera has one worth looking at, which I quote here:
- Share your thoughts
- Be active
- We’re not your mama
- Don’t give away the farm
- Check your sources
- Our friends are your friends
Being fairly kind is a good thing, and they don’t plan to do a whole lot of policing. But it’s not a good idea to cross your current vendors, customers or other corporate allies. Also, keep the trade secrets quiet. It’s a fairly simple policy that should keep a lot of trouble away from the door.
