Carnival of the Vanities #25
This week's bacchanal can be found at The Daily Rant. Party on, Garth....
I'll leave you with some words of wisdom from the esteemed founder of all the madness, Bigwig:
There seems to be a bit of controversy and some hurt feelings about comments that were made on this week's Carnival.
Here's are my rules for blogging, and bloggers. I'm not saying anyone else should adopt them, and I'm not saying that all should live by them. They're just my rules, and I try to keep them.
- Thou shalt not fisk thy blogger brethren. There are plenty of other targets for your truncheons and stillettos out there.
- If you disagree with another blogger's argument, do so in reasoned tones. Not everybody knows as much as you, and you get more flies with honey than with vinegar.
- If someone attacks you out of the blue, assume that the odds are at least equal that your writing is as much to blame for his reaction as is his pinheaded stupidity. It not only helps you to be a better writer in future, it prevents an impassioned response that you regret later. By all means defend yourself, but defend yourself as if your grandmother is watching. It makes you better. If your opponent refuses to rise to your level, he's a troll.
- Ignore trolls.
- Don't blog angry. Feel free to write angry, but let it sit before you post. I have a hard time with that one.
- Don't fight in public. People always look like shit after a fight, and there's no point in having a audience that remembers you looking like shit.
Of course, there is also that whole "Golden Rule" thing you might also want to keep in mind.
