Adopting the Bloggers Manifesto
To him, each of the three Blogs, Facebook and Twitter are complementary, as each platform addresses a specific need. For someone like Walski who cannot afford to be a very active online participant (for time constraint reasons), he uses all three platforms regularly. Twitters great for spur-of-the-moment thoughts, Facebook is the avenue for posting news and articles that Walski doesnt intend to elaborate too much on, and this blog is for him to rant profusely.
And then, of course, theres Amplify, which acts as a hit-and-run type of blog platform. Sort of like mini-blogging, for lack of a better term. As you may have noticed, quite a number of posts on this blog came from Amplify, which comes in handy when Walski doesnt have the luxury of time, but wishes to blog about a news item or something else of interest.
He reckons the same general opinion is held by other bloggers who are active on Facebook and Twitter.
A few days ago, Walski was alerted to the Bloggers Manifesto, an initiative put together by Brenda Gaddi (who blogs at Mummyti me), on behalf of Digital Parents Australia, an online community for blogging mums and dads.
Simply put, the Bloggers Manifesto is a simple set of rules to promote responsible blogging, something that Walski personally feels the Malaysian blogosphere lacks. Despite what some people will try to otherwise convince you 
(the 7-point manifesto, and more, in the full post)
Try browsing through the political blogs and youll see exactly what Walski means. Particularly those that are partisan to political parties. Even the members of Bloghouse Malaysia (set up to promote good blogging, among other things) are sometimes guilty of not blogging responsibly, because of their party partisanship.
On his part, Walski will try to adhere to these seven simple rules:
Of course, when it comes to satire, those posts will be identified as such. Namely, the HENN (Hell-on-Earth News Network) series of posts that appear on myAsylum from time to time.
Blogging responsibly doesnt mean that one has to lose ones sense of humor. And Walski, for one, doesnt intend to turn unnecessarily serious.
So, what do you think are these guidelines that form the manifesto reasonable ones to adopt? If you are a blogger yourself, would you adhere to these guidelines?
These question are probably some that can lead to further discussion, Walskis quite! sure. A nd if you have your thoughts on the Bloggers Manifesto, feel free to leave a comment, and well take it from there.
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