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.
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#1 by 2D 3D Animation Indi on December 3, 2009 - 9:36 pm
I never saw this policy in this positive way
#2 by cashback creditcards on December 4, 2009 - 8:07 am
Wow, that almost made me cry especially thinking that she is retiring!
#3 by marcus@make money on on December 4, 2009 - 9:23 am
Why would you figure they would fire the middle managers that are being slandered by the subordinate. Do you really believe a person who rants about their bosses are impartial? It makes the company look bad to the readers of such blog posts. If I were the company I would consider that fact more than the rants of a disgruntled employee. This leads to the blogger being disciplined. If the blogger really had a problem with their bosses there are far better ways to address the issue than making their employer look bad to the public.
#4 by kampanya,yar??ma on December 6, 2009 - 8:26 am
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#5 by Tom Brady Jersey on December 6, 2009 - 5:15 pm
It seems simple enough, but many people continue to blog on things that should be kept within the company. They are at risk of firing or even a lawsuit. Telling people all the details is the only way, even if it seems simple.
#6 by wood beads on December 7, 2009 - 2:37 am
I like this! amazing post.
we're not your mama (lol), Reading between the lines I understand this as THEY DON'T RULE OVER WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY.
and I like number 6, our friends is your friends.
#7 by Essays on December 7, 2009 - 4:25 am
Opera is one of the best shows I have ever seen on TV, bad she is about to get retired, but she will always be remembered as a Loving Person.
#8 by Joe @newscrawler on December 7, 2009 - 6:00 am
Is this blogging on opera (that browser) or other "opera" blogging?
#9 by Paul on December 7, 2009 - 6:08 am
Marcus, come on. How can it be slander if it's true? Besides, I'm not talking about normal dumb things–we all do those from time to time–but the kind of stuff you read about online is generally pervasive or egregious, one of the two and sometimes both. The problem here is that you're not considering what's really "making the company look bad". Is it that one of their employees wrote a blog about their idiot boss that won't be disciplined no matter what he does, or that the company's allowing this situation to go on in the first place? The blogger isn't making the company look bad. The company is making itself look bad by allowing the conditions to exist unaddressed. To suggest otherwise is to simply shoot the messenger.
#10 by Paul on December 7, 2009 - 6:09 am
Glad to hear it! Stick around–we got plenty more coming!
#11 by Paul on December 7, 2009 - 6:10 am
This is discussing the blogging policy at the company that makes the Opera browser.
#12 by salt lake city cater on December 7, 2009 - 3:10 pm
Haha, I wonder why companies don't ever fire the manager being "bagged" on. I mean, if someone is taking the time to write about what the person is doing wrong, it probably has some truth to it.
-Jack
#13 by ninjaproxy on December 8, 2009 - 1:32 am
Thanks a useful article
#14 by wood beads on December 8, 2009 - 2:44 am
hey are you still on the track? opera browser and not a tv show…eh?
#15 by Paul on December 8, 2009 - 8:13 pm
Glad you liked it.
#16 by Paul on December 8, 2009 - 8:14 pm
This is EXACTLY what I was wondering.
#17 by haber on December 9, 2009 - 1:41 am
Thanks a useful article
#18 by hizlindir on December 9, 2009 - 6:35 am
good article. very useful article
#19 by digital images on December 9, 2009 - 8:55 am
Should companies/business establishments start a "no blogging policy" on their employees?
#20 by digital images on December 9, 2009 - 8:56 am
Can you give me all things I should know to earn money through blogging?
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