RESPONSIBLE BLOGGING

Unless you don't have any faith in what you have to say I believe you should be writing on all the interactive sites like Facebook- Twitter - Myspace- Linkmen or anywhere you can find an audience to promote yourself and your business. Networking makes for good business sense, plus its fun and stimulating when people pay attention to what you have to say and make comments. When I Blog I think about content and the spirit of what I am saying the same way I think about what I say in a business meeting or in mixed company. If you write like an ignoramus then your ignorance most certainly will be immortalized on these networking sites because internet information will be around as long as discarded Styrofoam. Since the quest for immortality is an integral part of human nature and hardwired into the human psyche, I believe there will always be those who will choose to take their place in the annals of time anyway they can, no matter how they may be perceived in the present or scrutinized in history. Facebook, and all these other sites act as perfect forums for people whom only wish to be remembered but don't care what they may be remembered for. There are is no shortage of sickos out there, and it surprises me that Blogging, at least on sites like Facebook, has remained reasonably intelligent and civilized. Unfortunately there is always the exception. There are those few who insist on going on these sites acting like the embarrassing uncle that most families share - you know the one I'm talking about. The guy that shows up at parties or a family events, dressed in a cheap suit wearing a loud tie, talking over everyone in the room. He gets drunk, starts talking religion and politics, insults people and makes a complete ass out of himself. When the uncle dies everyone is relieved that they no longer have to fret about sending him party invitations, and he is remembered by most as the idiot who should have never been allowed out in public in the first place.

As a professional person doing business on these sites you should be looking to set a standard for yourself. If you are putting things out there without much thought - things you later wish you could retract but you can't, we'll that can be harmful not only to your good name, but to the partner, spouse or organization that you have left behind. The world certainly will keep on spinning long after we are gone and I don't want my child to find a stupid Blog that Daddy wrote years ago. I don't want her to find something that she should be ashamed of or have to defend. This Blogging stuff is new to a lot of people. I think great benefits can come from it. Huge wealth of information is now being shared to fill several types of knowledge bases. When we write, share, and communicate ideas and opinions we should take our responsibility as Bloggers seriously because we are now being recorded in the annals of time.